Folks who think lawns are useless are folks who don’t have children

Published June 21, 2026 6:00am ET



Call me Ahab.

For those of you unfamiliar with Scripture (my fellow Catholics are excused here), the first Book of Kings tells of King Ahab, who married Jezebel and led a sinful life, which triggered a devastating drought in Israel.

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