If you have kids It’s helpful to have an open, flat area for them to run around on. It doesn’t need to be (just) grass, but that’s probably the most robust, and least likely to have sharp surprises, option.
You’re talking about a shared park. A much better use for land instead of a hoarded, fenced lawn.
Parks are great, but unless they’re directly outside the houses where I can keep an eye on what’s happening they’re not as safe or convenient. Being able to send the kids into the garden to run off some energy whilst I’m in the house doing something, and being reasonably confident that they’re safe is a huge benefit.
That’s certainly not impossible with a bit of sensible planning around how housing is laid out, putting clusters of housing directly around a shared green space, but it is rather challenging to retrofit in existing conurbations, and impossible in more spread out communities. The American style of huge featureless lawns surrounding the house right up to the property boundary are pretty awful, but the more European style of a bit of lawn surrounded by flower beds and maybe trees is rather better.
It’s so you can plant stuff there to defend your house from zombies
Keeping the weeds out of a rock garden is annoying too I’ve found. The best way to do nothing is plant pine trees, everything under them dies lmao.
Backyard lawn gradually gets replaced by fruit trees and garden.
Goats.
Goats will only eat grass if there are no other green plants accessible.
Cut down all the rest of the shrubbery.
Why, you got one you don’t want? Lawns are the shit. And not like suburban lawn. I mean, like a couple acres*, at least.
I can’t believe some of these replies… crazy.
If you’re in the Americas, grass isn’t even native to your country, please try to find alternatives!
