Gotcha.
Well, I still like my invasive lawn.
If you could see what the natural, high desert will do to a backyard in the space of a single season, you'd want grass, too.
By the way, "grass" as lawn is only "invasive" as long as it gets what it wants: sunshine and lots of water. There are some places on Earth where that could be a problem (and has been in my garden, no doubt—in fact, my lawn ate my strawberry patch). However, here in Boise, Idaho the desert will flat out eat a poorly maintained lawn in the space of a single growing season (May-October), and I've seen it happen.
So, "invasive" depends somewhat on the area and the willpower of the human letting it invade.
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Originally Posted by Dr. Bobsky
My point was that industrial farms the way Americans think of them is not the most productive structure.
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And that is correct. Large farms are the way they are for the singular purpose of the economics of maintenance and harvesting, a necessary evil when feeding millions of non-farmers is the goal. Far less necessary if each of us had 5 acres and a certain determination* and work ethic. Far more so in city-dominated civilization.
* Don't get all bothered by this, folks. Some people prefer city life, and some people prefer something different. I'm one of those people who would be happy on 5 acres with no property taxes.