Lawns

dpg · 06-01-2004, 07:18 AM

I don't know maybe it's me but if I spend $500,000+ for a waterfront home I want a nice lawn to walk on.

islandAl · 06-01-2004, 08:35 AM

When your nice lawn runoff has the lake too polluted for your to swim in, what will the value on your 5000,000 house be worth?

Merrymeeting · 06-01-2004, 10:03 AM

I go to the lakes to "get away from it all". To me, the idea of having to maintain a lawn is not part of that picture. If you have ever tried growing a lawn in most of the sandy soils around the lakes, you quickly realize there is a reason they are not there naturally. There are many other options that are more natural looking and just as easy on the feet, and you don't have to mow them every week.

When I am out on the boat, I find it very disappointing to see the increasing number of VERY green and healthy lawns by the shoreline (not to mention the clippings floating in the water as I drive by). There is no way they can be in that shape without a lot of chemical additives. Ignoring that part, it is also disappointing because the whole reason for coming to the lake is to enjoy the atmosphere of that setting. Having it become just another suburb with water is not my idea of a good future for the lakes.

I know that many will answer that money talks (and I know it does). But clearly the current laws and restrictions are not working. I am amazed by the number of construction projects going on around the lake where there seems to be a clear violation of the lot clearing rules. Just stand on the Wolfboro docks and look across at about 12 o clock to see an example.

I am not an extreme environmentalist. Far from it. But we seem to be destroying much of what brought most of us to the area to begin with.

meredith necker · 06-01-2004, 11:36 AM

Actually I answered my own question by reading my last "people places and plants' magazine. There is a nice article about having a nice lawn and garden without using chemicals.
Yes money talks but if your money ruins the lake or anything else then your money can clean it up and fix it too. There are such things as ethics and responsibility

Grant · 06-01-2004, 03:01 PM

Let's ALL start lawns...let's ALL fertilize them VIGOROUSLY...let's ALL run our gas lawnmowers at least once a week...then fertilize some more -- preferably right before a BIG RAIN!!!!

Then we can see the algae blooms start earlier, grow larger, and become visible from the space shuttle! Slimy green lakes rule! Woo-hoo!

I LOVE cutting grass SO much that I INSIST on doing it while at the Lake.

RI Swamp Yankee · 06-02-2004, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Grant

....I LOVE cutting grass SO much that I INSIST on doing it while at the Lake.

Grant, does it hurt to have your tongue so firmly planted in your cheek?

06-01-2004, 08:35 AM	#2
islandAl Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Mountonboro Posts: 200 Thanks: 12 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Value after lake too polluted to use When your nice lawn runoff has the lake too polluted for your to swim in, what will the value on your 5000,000 house be worth?

06-01-2004, 10:03 AM	#3
Merrymeeting Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Merrymeeting Lake, New Durham Posts: 2,228 Thanks: 305 Thanked 801 Times in 369 Posts	I go to the lakes to "get away from it all". To me, the idea of having to maintain a lawn is not part of that picture. If you have ever tried growing a lawn in most of the sandy soils around the lakes, you quickly realize there is a reason they are not there naturally. There are many other options that are more natural looking and just as easy on the feet, and you don't have to mow them every week. When I am out on the boat, I find it very disappointing to see the increasing number of VERY green and healthy lawns by the shoreline (not to mention the clippings floating in the water as I drive by). There is no way they can be in that shape without a lot of chemical additives. Ignoring that part, it is also disappointing because the whole reason for coming to the lake is to enjoy the atmosphere of that setting. Having it become just another suburb with water is not my idea of a good future for the lakes. I know that many will answer that money talks (and I know it does). But clearly the current laws and restrictions are not working. I am amazed by the number of construction projects going on around the lake where there seems to be a clear violation of the lot clearing rules. Just stand on the Wolfboro docks and look across at about 12 o clock to see an example. I am not an extreme environmentalist. Far from it. But we seem to be destroying much of what brought most of us to the area to begin with. Last edited by Merrymeeting; 06-01-2004 at 02:57 PM.

06-01-2004, 11:36 AM	#4
meredith necker Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: meredith neck and bear island Posts: 48 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	safe lawns Actually I answered my own question by reading my last "people places and plants' magazine. There is a nice article about having a nice lawn and garden without using chemicals. Yes money talks but if your money ruins the lake or anything else then your money can clean it up and fix it too. There are such things as ethics and responsibility

06-01-2004, 03:01 PM	#5
Grant Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Pennsyltuckey, Tuftonboro, Moultonborough Posts: 1,505 Thanks: 385 Thanked 232 Times in 126 Posts	Here's an Idea... Let's ALL start lawns...let's ALL fertilize them VIGOROUSLY...let's ALL run our gas lawnmowers at least once a week...then fertilize some more -- preferably right before a BIG RAIN!!!! Then we can see the algae blooms start earlier, grow larger, and become visible from the space shuttle! Slimy green lakes rule! Woo-hoo! I LOVE cutting grass SO much that I INSIST on doing it while at the Lake.

06-01-2004, 07:18 AM	#1
dpg Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 2,618 Thanks: 157 Thanked 235 Times in 172 Posts	I don't know maybe it's me but if I spend $500,000+ for a waterfront home I want a nice lawn to walk on.