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Lawnless Revolution Makes Headlines!

It's Labor Day Wkend and I'm blogging. So who needs a life when you've got a url?

Just wanted to give you Talking Plants loyalists kudos for helping me get a story on the air about xeriscaping. Hard to argue with the TP vox populi after you so clearly made the point that lawns are so 20th century and Strategic Gardening (a.k.a., water-wise, water-smart or dope-slap gardening) is here to stay.

Tune in Monday to NPR's Morning Edition and hear the report your comments inspired. Or catch it online if you intend to sleep in, as any sane laborer would.

And no, I'm not offended that my ground-breaking story's been buried on Labor Day morning. That's what mothers are for -- to listen, when no one else is around...

For the first time in web history, Mother and Daughter Levine! We both wish you a very lazy Labor Day Weekend.

photo credit: Serena Davidson

2:32 PM ET | 09- 1-2007 | permalink

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I LOVE your focus on xeroscaping. YEARS before there was such a word, my family in southern California (all of us are artists by profession and have been all our lives) filled our dismal L.A. backyard space with found objects and sculpture. Upon my father's death in 2006 (at 95, he was the last remaining member of my immediate family) I took the leap and added a bit of grass in the backyard. It's so nice now that I tend to spend more time outdoors in my backyard than in side. THANK YOU so much for the encouragement and support. I love the inspiring photos, too.

Sent by LjRose | 1:19 PM ET | 09-03-2007

Hi Ketzel! Heard this on the air this past weekend and was so tickled. Elzbeth's voice is most endearing. But to hear our discussion of xeriscaping evidenced in New Mexico neighborhoods and beyond was purely a pleasure. Thanks for taking our strong opinions and making it into news!

Sent by John Tynan | 12:30 AM ET | 09-06-2007

Ketzel, if you think it is appropriate, we have a list of goodplants/bad plants for SW Texas. This list has been edited by several local horticulturists and botanists.

Good Plants: http://www.botanysaurus.com/natural/goodplants.html
Bad Plants: http://www.botanysaurus.com/natural/badplants.html

Sent by Don Pylant | 12:45 PM ET | 09-21-2007

Quite appropriate, Don, and thanks.

Sent by Ketzel Levine | 1:20 PM ET | 09-21-2007

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