Technology News - Zain's Blog

  It's an early morning in May and I am sitting on my front porch with a cup of tea. The air is cool and the sun is barely over the horizon. I am sitting on the porch to enjoy this moment, but I want you to know that 30 minutes ago the soil in my front yard was crawling with earthworms following green leaves left down all over the lawn. The earthworms are gone now because I mowed yesterday. When I turned the corner of my house and looked at my front lawn, there were no visible signs of life except for a few blades of grass. What you can't see in the picture above is that my lawn was grey and brown and lifeless for about three months. I live in California, and we have had some severe drought conditions over the last twelve months or so. Several people asked me if I was going to water my lawn. I replied, "No." Why? Because the law now requires that California residents only water their lawns two times per week. My green lawn is totally legal because I live in a small ap