Comments on: Sustainable management of grass in Islamic gardens https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/sustainable-management-of-grass-in-islamic-gardens/ Gardenvisit.com Mon, 10 May 2010 06:45:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.8 By: Tom Turner https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/sustainable-management-of-grass-in-islamic-gardens/#comment-2098 Mon, 10 May 2010 06:45:50 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=4409#comment-2098 Maybe. Or it could be that since our planet is doomed (to end in ice or fire) the important thing is to get our DNA to another planet, just as our own DNA may have come from a planet which is now frozen or burned.

]]> By: Christine https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/sustainable-management-of-grass-in-islamic-gardens/#comment-2097 Mon, 10 May 2010 06:41:53 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=4409#comment-2097 Or I suppose that humankind is going through a humbling experience. Just when it seemed we were ‘Masters of the Universe’ with space travel, heart transplants and atomic bombs along comes a phenomena called climate change and we have to rethink everything (…even the most seemingly innocent activity!)

]]> By: Tom Turner https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/sustainable-management-of-grass-in-islamic-gardens/#comment-2096 Mon, 10 May 2010 06:17:56 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=4409#comment-2096 The pessimist in me says that everything which was good turns bad, sooner or later, and it is most regrettable that garden design and garden management are becoming ways of spoiling the planet. Maybe the charm of the above photograph is that the mowing machine seems such a piffling irrelevance compared to the men and the animals. It is being ridiculed.

]]> By: christine https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/sustainable-management-of-grass-in-islamic-gardens/#comment-2095 Mon, 10 May 2010 05:58:38 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=4409#comment-2095 Gardenvisit has an example of a human powered lawn mower which is an environmentally friendly option and probably good for national health also.[ http://www.gardenvisit.com/garden_products/garden_tools/lawn_mowers ]

It seems we had best preserve our fossil fuels so that we can stave off future ice ages by regulating our climate. Or perhaps we could do the same thing with an increase or decrease in Buffalo herds? [ http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211082405.htm ]

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