Oh the people who outsmart themselves. Toronto people line up largely in the wrong category. Yes according to school standards they are very smart.
For instance in this picture here we have our city dweller returfing his front yard. I also know another thing. This turf was "free".
It is movie turf. Movie turf is shipped in very cheaply from farms in Manitoba usually. It is used on outdoor movie sets to green up the movie. It is often laid over normal turf then removed later. And the stuff is so cheap that it is often left behind or given away for free.
City people do not understand that good lawn turf is three to four times thicker than movie turf. In every sense of the word it is almost grown hydroponically. The type of grass is used for the speed that it grows not for its durability or suitability to be turf. Indeed walking on it the first time can kill it the first time.
Often movie turf cannot survive even Toronto's weather because the roots are way too shallow and the cold gets all the plant. A good turf protects plants. Movie turf doesn't. Also movie turf cannot be walked on for several years and must always be watered three to four times more than regular turf.
A photo record of this poor lawn will be kept. Looking good right now though.
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If people insist on going to all the trouble of growing grass, why don't they make it a more active variety?
A more psychoactive variety, maybe?
See, that would at least make some sense.
Growing grass that just sits there and insists on being mowed, that just disrespects our heritage as farmers.
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