Frazz by Jef Mallett for July 18, 2016
Transcript:
Caulfield: So in 1830, dude invents a spiffy grass cutter to replace the scythe. It was supposed to be for sports fields, but instead ushered in the era of the personal lawn. Prompting: What did middle-aged men obsess about before 1830? Frazz: I think making it to middle age.
It is at my house. What lawn that hasn’t been used for vegetable gardening will be killed off and replaced with native plants that take less water (and effort) to maintain.