Since lawns are bad for the environment, what do you think lawns should be replaced with?

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  • protist@retrofed.com
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    2 days ago

    Rocks are so. fucking. hot. Landscaping with rocks increases the ambient temperature around your house by like 10 degrees vs. bare dirt. Even in New Mexico, there are so many native trees and shrubs. Please shade the ground and help keep your neighborhood cooler

    • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      In my neighborhood, each house has a large cottonwood (or other type) tree for shade, plus bushes, juniper, etc. and 3/4 of the houses have a plot of grass of about 100 sq ft, in the front yard. The other houses have only rocks. OP asked about options without grass, though.