sheep mowers, not lawn mowers

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Lawn mower: a device for mowing the lawn

Sheep mower: a device for mowing the sheep?

fuck lawns and fuck the "grazing" pseudosciences promoted by UC Davis

I can understand the /fuck lawns/ ideology in some specific contexts, like lawns that are in water-starved regions. But I don’t get the across the board blanket stance that all lawns are always a bad idea.

What about buffalo grass lawns, as opposed to blue grass? Or whatever kinds of sustainable grass species that do not need to be watered artificially for a given region?

What about use cases like turf for dogs and kids to play on?

But I don’t get the across the board blanket stance that all lawns are always a bad idea.

Because you're not a nomadic herder living in skin tent.

That lawn land area is replacing some better ecosystem: a forest, a wetland, a natural grassland. If it replaces desert, it's probably a huge waste of water, which is a different but related problem.

It's the principle of it. If you want to have a game surface, have that, but use it.