Food Food Not Lawns: growing veggies is the most human of activities Elías Villoro

fire Gentleman in extreme wildfire danger zone didn't feel like mowing his lawn, so he torched it instead David Pescovitz

Environment The revenge of the lawn Mark Dery

pranksters Pranksters inscribe giant penis in lawn ahead of King Charles coronation Mark Frauenfelder

fun Visit a whimsical forest of gnomes in Seattle Popkin

tabloids Ron DeSantis tortured POWs, and Hollywood's worst celebrity neighbors, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

tabloid Putin wears lifts and Prince Harry hits the bottle in last week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

vintage Su Tissue of Suburban Lawns reads Burger King Commercial Popkin

airbnb Want to stay in the Sicilian palazzo featured in The White Lotus? It's yours for $6k per night on Airbnb Mark Frauenfelder

humor Tavin Dillard: mowin', edgin', grass-cuttin' legend Elías Villoro

art Mike Bennett's Snow Day is a cool holiday pop-up in downtown Portland, Oregon Rusty Blazenhoff

larping Ohioans critique the Polish LARPers who recreated an "American 4th of July in Ohio" Jennifer Sandlin

punk This Su Tissue fan account contains great photos and Suburban Lawns ephemera Popkin

drought Lake Mead at 35% capacity – marking an all-time low Mark Frauenfelder

droughts Los Angeles area will have to let its lawns go brown, starting June 1st, due to historic drought Carla Sinclair

Exclusive excerpt of three new Christmas Ghost Stories by Seth Mark Frauenfelder

Delightful Creatures Capybaras occupy Buenos Aires suburb; no demands yet issued Rob Beschizza

insects Improving tiny urban greenspaces causes huge boosts in insect life Clive Thompson

COVID-19 Orlando has so many Covid patients, residents now urged to cut back on water to help hospitals Carla Sinclair

Rona DeathSantis Orlando mayor urges residents to limit water use because hospitals need oxygen for Covid patients Mark Frauenfelder