Average American lawn: 0.25 acres. 40 hours mowing/year. $500 fertilizer. 10,000 gallons water. Result: green rectangle where nobody does anything.
Amish
Front of house: garden. Behind: orchard (apples, cherries). Behind orchard: pasture. Behind pasture: field. Behind field: forest. Every meter works. Produces food, wood, milk, or just grows (forest).
Tiny Lawn
Some Amish have a tiny patch in front of the porch (2×3 meters). For drying laundry. Not for beauty — function. Even grass must work.