Though we're doing our part to reduce that. Both the side and front yard areas that were torn up by the kitchen/basement project will be replanted with … plants. Bushes. Roses. Grasses (of the ornamental kind). Ground cover. Not necessarily xeriscape, but more water-thrifty than the grass all was.
We'll still have a patch of grass in the back, but I'll have to mow that myself. (But not, I fear, with a jaunty smile and pipe between my teeth.)
(h/t +Yonatan Zunger)
How America’s Most Useless Crop Also Became Its Most Commonly Grown One
Contrary to what you may think (and what your food labels may suggest) corn is not the most grown crop in America. The most grown crop is something no one is eating, no one is asking for, and no one is quite sure what to do with. It’s your lawn.
This is great. Lawn grass will hardly grow in our yard anyway due to the shade — half of it is clover, moss, and wild violet plants. Much easier to keep mowed. (I do have to mow the grassy parts a few times each summer)
My bunny's get my lawn clippings