Monday, July 12, 2010

Poll: Do you think people should be watering their grass?

I've seen various watering going on throughout my village walks. We all pay for the water through our condo fees. Opinions on how the water is used?

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

We all pay for landscaping and replacing plants too.

Daniel Godfrey said...

I so want to post something about a douche bag, but I won’t.

Anonymous said...

Our water costs are very high, but I don't think that watering the grass/gardens is a big contributor. It's household use--showers, washing machines.

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Anonymous said...

Confession:
Sometimes I just wash one piece of clothing when I do laundry.

Anonymous said...

It's not "their" grass, it's "our" grass. Nobody here has their own lawn, it is all part of the Village. So I say, thank you, to those watering to make it look nicer.

Anonymous said...

I don't think some people walking barton appreciated me washing my car this weekend. But if you can water flowers, I can water my car right?

Anonymous said...

I was not upset with you washing your car. I wanted you to wash mine too.

Anonymous said...

Grass is a lot more hardy than most people realize. It's a total waste to be watering grass. Grass has a root system, that can survive a few weeks of heat. Unless you are watering new grass seed (and why anyone would be planting seed any time but the fall is beyond logic), you don't need to water the grass. It doesn't need to 'look' nice when many resources are stressed in a heat wave like we have had. Save the water for drinking and hygiene, let the grass do what it does.