To keep the weeds out and not having to collect the clippings. It actually takes less time overall. It wasn't a large area, though.

Less work? 🤣

I had a garden with wild flowers, it was planted by the previous owner. An horticulturist.

It was beautiful but required a lot of work. Way more than mowing a couple of days a week.

I still tried to keep up, though.

But we have so many "quotes" from Einstein. It would be fun to go one by one asking if he really said that.