The Beauty of Brown
August 21, 2008
A buddy stopped by my place last week and made a comment on the appearance of my front lawn….which was sporting a burnt orangy/brown color. When I told him I hadn’t watered my lawn in three years and explained why, he was impressed and immediately declared, in solidarity with me, he would stop watering his lawn every night (breaking all water restrictions in his municipality by the way) and reduce that to only every second night - hey you can’t win them all.
But I do believe, and I realize this is only anecdotal, but I’m seeing a lot more brown lawns dotting the suburban landscape, way more than I used to. And I have to think that a portion of this neighborhood “browning” trend is all about conservation and sustainability. There has to be an increasing number of people these days who just don’t feel good about dumping hundreds of gallons of water a few times a week on grass patches in the front and back of their house.
So here’s to letting your lawn take on a beautiful brown hue every summer.
We’ve definitely noticed more brown lawns in our town as well…which is quite different than what we saw three or four years ago. It seemd our neighbors were obsessed with keeping thier lawns as perfectly green as possible. That has changed and, like you, my husband and I think it has a lot to do with people considering the environmental side of lawn care.
I love seeing a nice brown lawn.