1. Lawns need water guzzlers as they need regular watering, deweeding, fertilizing and maintenance making it an expensive proposition.
2. Whereas, comparatively, maintaining drought resistance flowering and food giving plants r low maintenance in same space.
3. Lawns r costly upkeep whereas perennial plants r self sustaining and low maintenance.
4. Lawns provide limited habitat value whereas plants with their diversity provide food for pollinators and also store rainwater.
5. In the US alone, 40 million acres r covered in lawns which offer little food or shelter to native insects, birds or improve soil life.
6. Lawns r dangerous monoculture whereas plants create native biodiversity.
7. Bcos of high levels of pesticides used in lawns, millions of birds r killed through ground and air pollution.
8. Lawns decrease soil microbes whereas plants will encourage our main silent workers like soil microbes, birds, native bees, butterflies earthworms, and the place will be alive with sound. This in turn will increase our food production.
So let us try to increase putting plants in available limited space to the benefit of all living kind instead of lawns. Lawns r luxury which we can’t afford due to shortage of pottable drinking water/recycled water which can be used for growing trees/plants with highest ecological value.

Tilling temporarily loosens soil but eventually causes it to collapse, compact, and crust, making conditions worse long-term.

Tilling leads to increased erosion and nutrient loss

When soil is tilled:
* Bare soil is exposed to wind and rain
* Topsoil is easily washed or blown away
* Nutrients are lost through leaching and oxidation.

Permaculture prioritizes keeping soil covered and stable.
The carbon in air is fixed in soil by plants…by tilling carbon gets mixed in air again leading to air pollution and adverse climate impact
No-till systems store carbon in the soil improving fertility and climate resilience.
In tilling system, weed cycles worsen over time as it brings buried weed seeds to the surface where they germinate
By tilling, we break perennial weeds into pieces that regrow

No-till approaches focus on:
* Mulching
* Ground covers
These methods suppress weeds naturally.
No tilling is less work and energy over time

While no-till may require patience initially, it results in:

* Fewer weeds
* Better moisture retention
* Reduced need for fertilizers and irrigation

Permaculture values low-energy, high-yield systems
Permaculture advises no-tilling because undisturbed soil becomes more fertile, resilient, and self-maintaining over time—mirroring how healthy ecosystems function in nature.
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