8 surprising ways to lower your water use!

[stevek64]

Originally Posted by HX_Guy

Obviously I'm bias toward real grass..I would rather just do gravel vs fake grass, it just looks so...fake. Our neighbors across the street have it and it which it looks realistic, it just never changes or moves...it's like planting a fake flower or fake tree. By the way I hate fake Christmas trees too.

Understand. Perhaps they'll come out with miniature nano-motors for each blade one day that simulates growth, but quickly "shrink" at a certain programmed time, the blades will change color randomly and add grass "smell-o-vision" to the mix and one day we all might be saying..."remember the days people used to grow this stuff, cut it, water it, fertilize it, fuss with it?"

[MN-Born-n-Raised]

Originally Posted by phenomenon

I liked the advice to stop irrigating your lawn and letting it turn brown. It's not natural to have lush green grass in the middle of the desert in the Summertime. Growing plants that are not native to the desert environment also upsets the ecosystem. I have a friend who moved to Arizona years ago to help soothe his pollen allergies - the desert air was supposed to clean and pollen free. But now with everybody growing a jungle in their back yard, the pollen count has increased dramatically and his hayfever has returned.

Agreed. Nor is it "natural" to have air conditioning. Are you planning to shut off your air conditioning?