Lawn.

[~Lashes~]

i know its probably not the intention of your thread, but thank you! next time my dad (or realestate) complains about my lawn, i am going to tell them that

Grass on domestic lawns wants to do what wild grasses do in nature – namely, grow to a height of about two feet, flower, turn brown and die.

might keep them quiet for a while while they think what to reply with!

[HotI]

I have a beautiful patch of lawn that is watered by our grey water. Many people are envious, it looks that good. It is so nice to see kids running over it and doing somersaults etc.

We are fortunate to be on 1/2 acre so still have room for vegie patch around the back and herbs and stuff on the side.

NOt really a point to this post, maybe just bragging.

[~MummaBear~]

I have a beautiful patch of lawn that is watered by our grey water. Many people are envious, it looks that good. It is so nice to see kids running over it and doing somersaults etc.

We are fortunate to be on 1/2 acre so still have room for vegie patch around the back and herbs and stuff on the side.

NOt really a point to this post, maybe just bragging.

well.. you're not my friend anymore lol
nah i am soo jealous between feral kids and a ever so cahrming dog our lawn never had a chance.. i am so over the ikky dirt

[RhiChiChi]

Interesting, my Dh works for an instant lawn company and of course our lawn looks awesome! We don't water it but it does get fertilised.
We have a vegie patch too, albeit a small one atm since we are novices and some of our crops have failed. I would say the lawn takes LESS time to look after - we are always doing something in the vegie patch - either pulling out plants that didn't grow or watering, fertilising, haversting, replanting. My DH mows our lawn once a fortnight and on average it takes maybe half an hour to mow.

[Trillian]

I agree with that - but only in relation to living in an urban/town area. If we lived in town and had to pay for our water, we probably wouldn't have as much grass as we do. But where we live now we have a massive yard and most of it is grass, but then we also have the luxury of having plenty of space to have a vege garden and orchard as big as we want too. We also have a dam bigger than an olympic sized pool chock full of water to water it with as well. so it costs us nothing but our time to maintain because we don't spray or fertilise it either.

[Yeddi]

I prefer lawn to concrete. So many houses these days are surrounded by concrete, it gets so hot and reflects on the windows etc. We don't have heaps of lawn, two circles on either side of the back yard, just big enough for a swing set. The rest of our garden has hidden tan bark paths and is packed with flowers, bushes etc like a secret garden, and there's a big veg patch up the back and chickens. I have zucchini's coming out of my ears ATT.

[Schmickers]

We have Sir Walter in our backyard. We fertiliee it three times a year and have only watered it once in the last two years. On the other hand, our garden gets watered every two days. I think it depends on the type of lawn you choose.

[Mum2SweetCs]

I prefer lawn to concrete. So many houses these days are surrounded by concrete, it gets so hot and reflects on the windows etc. We don't have heaps of lawn, two circles on either side of the back yard, just big enough for a swing set. The rest of our garden has hidden tan bark paths and is packed with flowers, bushes etc like a secret garden, and there's a big veg patch up the back and chickens. I have zucchini's coming out of my ears ATT.

Totally agree. My house (we bought it last year) is just concrete. THis is on a 755SQM block of land here so I have a veggie patch/herb garden, huge mango, citrus trees BUT the rest is cement. I really dont like DD running around in the back yard hence why I wanted artificial lawn (which I am put off by it now) but is there a lawn that is environmentally friend?

PS, i dont intend to fertilise nor water it often.