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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago
Newry Down |
Plastic lawns should be banned; they are hideous.
And furthermore, as these disintegrate into smaller pieces of plastic, waterways are polluted with microplastics.
In hundreds of years from now, when the oceans are polluted with microplastics, people will wonder why the manufacture of plastics was permitted, almost unrestricted.
Grow a natural lawn; grass is a very robust plant, particularly when different seed varieties are combined to form a durable and attractive matrix, that is free draining, and causes no enduring harm to our fragile environment. |
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By *yron69 OP Man
over a year ago
Fareham |
"Plastic lawns should be banned; they are hideous.
And furthermore, as these disintegrate into smaller pieces of plastic, waterways are polluted with microplastics.
In hundreds of years from now, when the oceans are polluted with microplastics, people will wonder why the manufacture of plastics was permitted, almost unrestricted.
Grow a natural lawn; grass is a very robust plant, particularly when different seed varieties are combined to form a durable and attractive matrix, that is free draining, and causes no enduring harm to our fragile environment."
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I don't like it, it's like a dessert in your own garden. What about our wildlife and what about flooding in certain areas?
Plus my mate who has it has s growing through it and she has to wash it down and Hoover's it to keep it nice. Doesn't seem that low maintenance to me personally
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Hang on I take my comment back, it's probably plastic lawn shaming and I wouldn't want to offend anyone about their gardening kinks, even if they are killing the birds and hedgehogs and contributing to flood risk   |
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I do have a green plastic watering can.
For a fake Chinese rubber plant,
In fake plastic earth.
But I draw the line at astro turfing my lawn. My multi generational herd of hedgehogs would not approve. |
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By *RSTCouple
over a year ago
S. Northants |
We've used it on the walls around our hot tub to soften the area. It looks really nice and was easy to do.
We're tempted to use it out the front, but purely because the builders didn't put enough soil down so grass can't grow evenly there. It's a fairly small area where no birds go due to the foot traffic, it's purely aesthetic. I enjoy mowing the lawn out the back so will never replace the lot. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Hang on I take my comment back, it's probably plastic lawn shaming and I wouldn't want to offend anyone about their gardening kinks, even if they are killing the birds and hedgehogs and contributing to flood risk "
Along with all the people that kill s using “harmless, environmentally friendly” home made killer of vinegar, water and washing up liquid. It kills all the insect life - just hand . |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Hang on I take my comment back, it's probably plastic lawn shaming and I wouldn't want to offend anyone about their gardening kinks, even if they are killing the birds and hedgehogs and contributing to flood risk
Along with all the people that kill s using “harmless, environmentally friendly” home made killer of vinegar, water and washing up liquid. It kills all the insect life - just hand ."
Sorry I forgot when I wrote this I included a forbidden word so it got deleted. It’s about removal |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Plastic lawns should be banned; they are hideous.
And furthermore, as these disintegrate into smaller pieces of plastic, waterways are polluted with microplastics.
In hundreds of years from now, when the oceans are polluted with microplastics, people will wonder why the manufacture of plastics was permitted, almost unrestricted.
Grow a natural lawn; grass is a very robust plant, particularly when different seed varieties are combined to form a durable and attractive matrix, that is free draining, and causes no enduring harm to our fragile environment."
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"it would be ok if they looked better, but they dont, growing and looking after a lawn isnt hard, if you cant be bothered to cut grass get a robo mower"
I've hears nothing but shit abiug them. My mate has brittle bones and she was nominated and Ground force did her garden for the show and gave her one of those. She said it was a pile of wank and if you don't have it going all the time as it can only be used on quite short grass. Dosmt collect it either. Mind you they didn't do a great job over all. |
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One of the truly great inventions of the 20th century. I'm planning to have it installed soon, as my friends have, so that I can get rid of my mower, killer etc.
Some fake lawns are incredibly realistic these days, but their look and resistance varies a lot, so it's worth going to a company with lots of recommendations and examples of their work.
Now, where's that number, before they go the way of plastic straws and carrier bags... |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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We all know that plastic isnt good for the environment and therefore us ( if you need to be selfish about it)
Sometimes we have to buy things that are made out of plastic or contain plastic even though we dont really want the plastic because there are no non plastic alternatives.
But when plastic is a deliberate lifestyle choice? .....come on people we can do better than this  |
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"The poor birds these days, with people block paving, gravelling and now plastic faded blue shit where lawns and bushes used to be  "
Not just birds it impacts.
And now humans want to move to Mars so we can destroy and ruin that too  |
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"it would be ok if they looked better, but they dont, growing and looking after a lawn isnt hard, if you cant be bothered to cut grass get a robo mower"
They look very realistic! And when I had lawns they took more time to keep nice than rest of garden with mowing edging etc! Dont get me wrong I wouldn't like a plastic one! As I find lawns boring! I just grow plants! X |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I rent, my landlord has written into my contract that Ablosulty nothing was to be planted in the horrific prison courtyard style garden as future tanants might not look after it.. I've layed a 4x4 meter artificial lawn and a deck, have spent loads on pots and planters and hanging baskets so there are flowers and bushes to attract wildlife... My garden is so much better for the wildlife now than it was before and it looks like a normal functioning garden on the only way ami was aloud to do it... Its not always possible to lay a real lawn and artifical grass is an alternative for people that still like to see green in there garden, it might not be ideal but I think it's better than concreat everything? As for the plastics I would argue that because they last fir so many years that its not an awful lot of plastic in the grand scheme of things... If its down 5 years I bet I will throw away twice as much plastic in that time just in the pointless plastic wrappers they put on things like veg in the supermarket.... With all the discussing waist of plastic and pollution going on on on the world singling out fake grass seems like a silly thing to focus on |
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"I rent, my landlord has written into my contract that Ablosulty nothing was to be planted in the horrific prison courtyard style garden as future tanants might not look after it.. I've layed a 4x4 meter artificial lawn and a deck, have spent loads on pots and planters and hanging baskets so there are flowers and bushes to attract wildlife... My garden is so much better for the wildlife now than it was before and it looks like a normal functioning garden on the only way ami was aloud to do it... Its not always possible to lay a real lawn and artifical grass is an alternative for people that still like to see green in there garden, it might not be ideal but I think it's better than concreat everything? As for the plastics I would argue that because they last fir so many years that its not an awful lot of plastic in the grand scheme of things... If its down 5 years I bet I will throw away twice as much plastic in that time just in the pointless plastic wrappers they put on things like veg in the supermarket.... With all the discussing waist of plastic and pollution going on on on the world singling out fake grass seems like a silly thing to focus on"
Agreed! In the grand scheme of things! Compared forinstance to polution from cars etc is nothing! X |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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If I didn’t have rabbits that needed to eat the grass I would get fake grass but as it stands I never have to mow the grass as the rabbits keep it short |
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