La pelouse, jalouse d'elle même...

Christophe Colomb; l'autoroute. Dans le fouillis des parterres, un lot diffère des autres... Pas de gazon en vue, une plantation rendue plus ou moins dynamique par l'automne, je l'avoue, mais une diversité tout de même! Entre jardin, copeaux de bois et buissons existe enfin un terrain qui se respecte sur ma rue!!! YYéééé! Je retourne en arrière pour expliquer mon dédain du gazon tout américain... Mangeur d'eau, de produits chimiques, de compétition... Un article paru dans le magazine Dwell (02/26/2009) explique bien l'incongruité actuelle que représente la fameuse pelouse verte standardisée, l'inutilité aussi. Il suggère l'exploitation de jardin comme d'une plantation diverse pour remplacer la pelouse désuète par une production active et non stérile!

1.Christophe Colomb, merci enfin!

2. Jardin et plantes, un deuil (pas difficile) de la pelouse

3. Brides de : "The lawn goodbye" par Arnie Cooper

"Sucking up close to 240 gallons of water per person each day of the growing season, our beloved lawns are gradually depleting our natural water sources." (...) "Layer on the toxic soup of chemicals used to sustain them, and you can’t help wondering if we should use the earth for something more productive." (...) “I really wanted to help people realize that they have a choice to make about how they use their land. Lawns are so pervasive and ubiquitous that we don’t really see them anymore,” (...) "Americans spend more than 30 billion dollars on lawn care each year just to keep up with the Joneses. "

4. Le classique Bouhou! À bas la pelouse comme nous la connaissons!

Les solutions...

"And so during Memorial Day weekend last year, the Edible Estates team of 12 volunteers planted the 20-by-38-foot space with a dizzying amalgam of more than a hundred vegetables, fruits, and herbs. (Haeg covered the cost of all the planning and materials."

Pour la communauté aussi cela est tellement important pour le développement durable des quartiers et de la vitalité urbaine!

"But for all the culinary rewards the little garden has provided, Michael is equally passionate about its potential to build community. “I oftentimes feel like we live in a society disconnected from one another and from our food,” he says. “I’m really interested in using the garden as a bridge rather than a moat.” (...) "Haeg, who spent every weekend of his childhood mowing the front lawn, says Edible Estates “isn’t really so much about the actual plant material but the bigger global issues of food production and human interaction.” In a country where produce travels an average of 1,000-plus miles from field to plate, shifting to grow-your-own will not only help reduce energy consumption and combat environmental degradation, it’ll also give neighbors a reason to get to know one another."

5. Kitchen gardeners international

6.Inhabitat, how to eat your lawn

7. The lawn goodbye, Dwell. Avant:

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