I was surprised the first time I saw reference to this in the HN feed, but even more surprised at how many times it's been reposted.
Is this weird to people? In general I've learned to not pay attention to anything in the NYT when it comes to discussing California.
I'm in San Diego, many many people grow a garden in their yard. Front, back, wherever they have room.
Lawns are still more prevalent than I would expect. Even now, most people here don't realize that anything that's not brown sage scrub is being sustained with water from Colorado.
I was lucky enough to know some people before they died, who taught me: if you can't eat it, or smoke it, don't water it...
Is this weird to people? In general I've learned to not pay attention to anything in the NYT when it comes to discussing California.
I'm in San Diego, many many people grow a garden in their yard. Front, back, wherever they have room.
Lawns are still more prevalent than I would expect. Even now, most people here don't realize that anything that's not brown sage scrub is being sustained with water from Colorado.
I was lucky enough to know some people before they died, who taught me: if you can't eat it, or smoke it, don't water it...