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Traveling Sprinkler
On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 00:24:49 -0800, presley wrote:
Ultimately, as water becomes an ever-more-precious resource, lawn watering will have to go, or will have to be significantly reduced in areas which are Probably so. possible to plant buffalo grass or some other native grass which could survive on 10-15 inches of rain a year. It won't look like or feel like the Most will not survive _any_ traffic with that little water, especially if the water is concentrated during the dormant season(s). Buffalo grass specifically, is dormant nearly all year here. Too cold in the winter, too hot in the summer. It grows for a few weeks in the spring and fall and is brown the rest of the time. Also, most people object to the prickly seed burrs... I know my wife, kids and animals do. And if you think quackgrass runners are bad, buffalo isn't for you. bluegrass lawns we are used to, but if it starts to cost $600-1000 summer just to maintain a lawn, lots of families and individuals are going to Many people already pay $40/week in lawncare. If that were to double because of water costs the landscape would most likely change. sdb -- Wanted: Omnibook 800 & accessories, cheap, working or not sdbuse1 on mailhost bigfoot.com |
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