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Serengeti https://cdn2.rhinoafrica.com/thumbnails/media/_en/destinatio...
and the Okavango Delta https://whc.unesco.org/uploads/thumbs/news_1987-890-520-2019...
As probable persistence hunters, grassy areas with animals in to run after likely would have been good.
I recently took over an old house and plot of land not used for ~20 years. In that time, the main lawn is still grass dominated and fairly easy to cut. But many areas have become completely swamped with different bushes and willow. I cut it all down twice per year but it shoots up like a jungle next year anyway. Parts of old farm tracks have of course become unrecognizable and are slowly turning into a forest. It's h…
Seems like planting a tree there would address most of the issue. A birch growing for 5 years is already 3 metres tall and will prevent anything larger from growing around it.
> The act of pushing a mower around possesses an almost primordial appeal see also: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/magazine/1377293/patio-ma...
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You maybe misunderstood what I meant. I too prefer grass to concrete. Maybe the entire disagreement in this thread is just between people who think a patch of grass constitutes a lawn, and people who think a lawn is something else?
Okay to me "lawn" means one single type of grass kept down to 2cm height, constantly in need of watering and looking like carpet.
Now I live in the Miami area. There are huge parking lots, mostly barren of cars. These lots have island dividers covered with grass and the water sprinklers are just mindlessly adding to humidity. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Engraved deep down in our primitive brain is the profound fear of high grass and forestry, which conceal bears, wolves, snakes, ticks and a lot of other dangers. Thus, we have the natural inclination to raze it all and leave a very flat grass surface where no animal goes unnoticed. This ends up translating into modern lawns a few hundreds of centuries later.
No it isn't, maybe you feel that way, I don't and don't know anybody who does
