Oh yes, we would use 'desert' to describe wasteland too - but if you know a 'desert' it's a bit of a misnomer in a way, or what a desert actually is is far more fertile than the name suggests. I guess we think 'oh the Sahara is a desert, there's nothing there' but when you actually get there that's not true - there is water holes and palm trees and shrubs and grasses and lizards and things (I suppose).

Lawns were a sign of money I guess in the day - it was the 'thing' to have a lawn like an estate - but that fad should be well and truly over now!!! The dumbest thing is people putting fake lawns down which are just heat sinks and awful!!!