Water help: Lawn is the largest crop in the US! - Help.com

i always hate making my bed. it drives me crazy. im just gonna sleep in it the next night, you know? my mom is always telling me that it has to be done, and i never see a reason why. but on the occasion it does get done, i find i can put stuff on my bed, and if someone suprises me in a visit, i dont get any weird looks like my room is a mess. same with lawn. you may not want to water it, so maybe watering it is not necessary. (unless you have a patch of death for a yard, then by all means give it some water) but cutting the grass is necessary. it helps out not only for looks but for bug control, and you can walk through your lawn without your legs itching to death. and if there are any kids in your yard, it helps them too. and your property value goes up if the place always looks nice. dont waste water, but dont become an eye-sore either.

Zachary, we agree 100%. What a waste.

Don’t have that lawn problem here fortunatly, better watch out for bed bugs, they’re not pleasant

Our water district here in Las Vegas has an incentive program to remove lawn and replace it with low water usage landscape(xeriscape). What are we thinking to install lawn in a 115 degree desert?

I agree about over-lawning and watering. People feel they need acres of lawn when leaving much of their lot treed would be far more ecologically sound. Golf courses in particular tick me off. I have a friend with 3 acres of lawn which he created himself and then complains about the time required to mow it with a tractor. I’ve given him the solution–simply replant it with trees. Very wasteful. Basically, everything we do adds to environmental problems. Eliminate or minimize those things that increase environmental problems and the real bad stuff coming down the road won’t happen.

There is no need to water your lawn. Actaully, 8 AM is the best time to water your lawn. No, I don’t know why. Don’t water your lawn at all–I don’t water mine. You made your chances as to where to live–deal with it. Zacharyzoosh and I disagree about one thing. The wasted water that evaporates doesn’t just disappear–it ends up in the atmosphere and falls as rain elsewhere. Still watering your lawn is a waste, and if it’s actually required, you should not have a lawn. You made the choice as to where to live–deal with it.

The totality of all the little things we do has a major impact on many things. One of my biggest pet peeves are all the little electric vampire devices we hace in our homes. Every clock/radio has an LED display. Same for my stove, many people’s coffee maker, etc. Many pf my stereo components have a an LED indicator to show that it’s receiving power. Mnay other devices in my house have LCD displays on all the time. Look around your home–these wasteful devices are everywhere. Individually, each device uses little energy. As a guess, the total power used may be 60 watts or high. They are on 24 hours per day. Would you intentially leave a 60 watt light bulb all day? What to do? I don’t know. “Live simply so others may live.”