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Kill Your Lawn -- Here's how

Posted November 18th, 2008 by geoffrey

This water conservation business is getting deadly serious, as a recently-spotted bumper sticker shows: 

Eye catching to say the least, and profoundly relevant in this time of water crisis.

Now that we have your attention... what is this sticker really talking about?  Reincarnation.  That's right, it's about your water hogging lawn coming back as a beautiful, low-maintenance, water saving native plant garden!  There, now 'killing' doesn't seem so bad, does it?

Or another way of looking at it: Kill your lawn before it kills you.  Would you rather have live-sustaining potable water to drink?  Or would you prefer to feed your lawn?  These are the choices that we must make.

The Tree of Life Nursery, which conceived of the bumper sticker marketing gimmick, can help.  They specialize in California native plants, and would like nothing better than to help you kill your lawn, then give life to a beautiful and sustainable native garden.  Many other commercial nurseries offer the same support, as does your local big-box store garden supply department, if you know what to ask.  The San Diego Chapter of the California Native Plant Society, likewise, can assist with your plans to give new life to your yard.

Next week's topic ... 'Kill Your Television, or, Life After the Boob Tube'

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