I enjoy my daily walk through the neighborhood; the trees shimmering with sunlight and the birds chirping with gladness. Every day seems fresh and new, but suddenly that feeling changed when I was walking to collect the newspaper.
The soft sound of a repetitive ticking lingered in the air, then I realized the ticking was a sprinkler system of a neighbor, who of course had a fabulous lawn, which was free of weeds and there was not a dead patch of grass in sight. Our water is not an element to waste, especially not in our present economy I thought as the sprinklers carried on. There are certainly plenty of other options to decorate your yard with, rather than nurturing a million blades of grass, but what?
Ahh! A native garden of course. They require almost no water, no pesticides for killing insects, conserve water, and they help the production of wildlife in the area. If only those poor people knew about these wonderful plants before wasting money on their grass to keep it oh so green.
Oh well, I thought as I dragged myself and the newspaper back inside.
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