"sylvan butler" wrote
in
message rnal
On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 18:14:34 GMT, Travis M.
wrote:
If someone is watering their lawn/grass in the summer just to
keep it green they are wasting water. Let the grass/lawn go
dormant in the summer and when it starts raining again the
grass
will green up.

Oh, now you assume everyone lives in your climate. That is a
great
"north of seattle, WA" plan. Not for me.

Around here if you do that you will end up with cheatgrass
(classed
as a
noxious weed and you will be fined if you have it),
bitterbrush,
ragweed
and various other things, not lawn.

You see, with only 12" annual precipitation, which occurs
almost
entirely november to march when grass is dormant because of
cold, a
lawn
will not just "go dormant" in the dry season, it and the roots
will
entirely die and blow away before it rains.

sdb

Since you are living in a very arid place you might do better
with native plants.

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Travis in Shoreline (just North of Seattle) Washington
USDA Zone 8
Sunset Zone 5

On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 23:51:15 GMT, Travis M. wrote:
"sylvan butler" wrote
in
message rnal
On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 18:14:34 GMT, Travis M.
wrote:
If someone is watering their lawn/grass in the summer just to
keep it green they are wasting water. Let the grass/lawn go
dormant in the summer and when it starts raining again the
grass
will green up.

Oh, now you assume everyone lives in your climate. That is a
great
"north of seattle, WA" plan. Not for me.

Since you are living in a very arid place you might do better
with native plants.

Not if one wants a lawn (as I do). The children need a place to play
and the chickens like to eat the grass and bugs. The cow pasture also
needs plenty of water to keep the grass green and bovines happy.

sdb

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