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originally posted by: markovian
The southwest water model seems to be $$$ above all else
The green lawns are not much compared to high water use farming for profit
looking for more water from the people who live hear and not from the company's that use it for $$$ shipping the products away from hear
Bet nestle is still pumping out bottles of water California almonds still growing and that iceberg still coming from az ... Wouldn't want to you know fix the problem tho that would be bad for business
originally posted by: JAGStorm
. . . residents of drier regions would plant less thirsty native species, like cactus in the desert.
originally posted by: JAGStorm
This is like places not giving out drinking straws because of environmental concerns, while ships, trucks and trains are polluting a millions x more every single day. Not that i’m against lowering the use of straws, but they are a tiny drop in the bucket compared to what is really polluting.
originally posted by: Macenroe82
They can come take mine. I messed up huge this year.
I saw a few homes on our street putting up signs saying don’t mind the lawn, we’re feeding the bees.
And they let their lawns run wild for a few months.
Well last weekend I figured I did my part and chopped her down.
It took 2 passes with the lawn mower to bring it down.
Then a raking of the 2 foot high weeds.
And I’ll be cutting it again this weekend to clean up the strays.
But my lord did I get a lot of weeds.
Some nice wild flowers were in the mix, but mainly weeds.
originally posted by: MountainLaurel
Our neighbor put in patches of high quality artificial turf throughout his front yard accompanied by a drought tolerant landscape, and it really does look Great ! I’m a plant person , but this works and looks/feels very natural !
originally posted by: LogicalGraphitti
originally posted by: MountainLaurel
Our neighbor put in patches of high quality artificial turf throughout his front yard accompanied by a drought tolerant landscape, and it really does look Great ! I’m a plant person , but this works and looks/feels very natural !
So what kind of maintenance does artificial turf need? Maybe just vacuumed it occasionally? At least there are no 2 stroke powered vacuums (that I know of).
originally posted by: bluesman462002
The Biggest Problem that i see around here is way too many New Houses being Built.
When i was a younger man there were Trees every where we went.
Now it's wide open space with Cracker Box Homes Costing in the neighborhood of $300,000.
Trees are gone grass and weed pollen is terrible.
Over Population is getting worse every year.
a reply to: JAGStorm
originally posted by: 38181
a reply to: JAGStorm
I like having a nice lawn, in the south it rains enough where there’s no need to water it. On that note, looking at the water levels out west, I believe a lawn is a complete waste of water/resource. Flying over Phoenix and seeing those houses with huge lawns and golf courses with green grass makes me shudder when seeing the reservoirs extremely low. Makes no sense.