Chemicals
TWO DAYS AGO, I promised you a blog about clover lawns as an alternative to grass. Then I took you time-travelling into history to understand the back-story. In Part I, Clover the Hills and Far Away, and Part II, Clover and Over Again, I explained how the artistic imagination of the Middle Ages triggered a new paradigm for gardening during the Renaissance. You’ve got to know where you’re coming from, if you want to figure out where you’re going, right? So now in Part III, Clover and Out, I will talk about how this new paradigm has perverted our senses of space and society, our relationships with nature and culture, and left us with a chemical legacy of lifeless monoculture. And finally, I won’t only talk about the problem, but I’ll suggest some possible solutions. So, one more time, what’s wrong with our good friend green grass, and why would we want to examine any alternatives?
