Southern Nevada: Giving Up Grass
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@89th said in Southern Nevada: Giving Up Grass:
I’m odd I guess. I enjoy cutting grass. The sound, the smell, the beauty. Also enjoy the feel of nice healthy grass on feet while out without shoes and for the kids to play in. My yard isn’t too big so it’s not too hard in terms of upkeep.
There are some things that scar you for life. Being 13 years old, pushing a lawnmower over a ⅓ acre lot on a hot and humid day in August is one of those things. I vowed to never, ever, mow the lawn when I grew up. There would always be enough money to pay someone else.
@George-K I also did a report in grad school about the environmental damage done from how many gas powered lawn mowers are used…tldr; it’s insane, yet I still use one because it reminds me of my youth, or maybe my dad cutting the grass before we were old enough to.
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Unless you want to live in a British climate, a British style lawn makes absolutely no sense.
Over there, it's generally pretty easy to maintain - over here, not so much.
@Doctor-Phibes said in Southern Nevada: Giving Up Grass:
Unless you want to live in a British climate, a British style lawn makes absolutely no sense.
Over there, it's generally pretty easy to maintain - over here, not so much.
Could always move down here. We've got English rain with a lot higher heat and humidity. Think of it as an English greenhouse.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Southern Nevada: Giving Up Grass:
Unless you want to live in a British climate, a British style lawn makes absolutely no sense.
Over there, it's generally pretty easy to maintain - over here, not so much.
Could always move down here. We've got English rain with a lot higher heat and humidity. Think of it as an English greenhouse.
@Jolly said in Southern Nevada: Giving Up Grass:
@Doctor-Phibes said in Southern Nevada: Giving Up Grass:
Unless you want to live in a British climate, a British style lawn makes absolutely no sense.
Over there, it's generally pretty easy to maintain - over here, not so much.
Could always move down here. We've got English rain with a lot higher heat and humidity. Think of it as an English greenhouse.
The threat of lurking alligators would be a good motivation to cut the grass.
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@Mik said in Southern Nevada: Giving Up Grass:
No grass there.
Lots of grass there… There’s a Jamaican Chicken shack 50 feet back…
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Good idea. I’m looking at replacing mine with mostly clover and other wildflowers. Grass is a huge wast of time and money.
@Mik said in Southern Nevada: Giving Up Grass:
Good idea. I’m looking at replacing mine with mostly clover and other wildflowers. Grass is a huge wast of time and money.
I did that with half my back yard. Supposedly it would be less maintenance. That maybe the case of you have a pet goat to keep it trimmed. Needs cutting once a week or it chokes out my 6hp Briggs and Stratton mower. Good thing about it is that it stays green until October and is drought resistant.
Overall, I don’t think I’ll do the remainder of the yards in that mix.
Elbows up!
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I'd like to have a coupe goats, too. I think the HOA might draw the line there.
“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill
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@Mik said in Southern Nevada: Giving Up Grass:
Good idea. I’m looking at replacing mine with mostly clover and other wildflowers. Grass is a huge wast of time and money.
I did that with half my back yard. Supposedly it would be less maintenance. That maybe the case of you have a pet goat to keep it trimmed. Needs cutting once a week or it chokes out my 6hp Briggs and Stratton mower. Good thing about it is that it stays green until October and is drought resistant.
Overall, I don’t think I’ll do the remainder of the yards in that mix.
@Renauda said in Southern Nevada: Giving Up Grass:
@Mik said in Southern Nevada: Giving Up Grass:
Good idea. I’m looking at replacing mine with mostly clover and other wildflowers. Grass is a huge wast of time and money.
I did that with half my back yard. Supposedly it would be less maintenance. That maybe the case of you have a pet goat to keep it trimmed. Needs cutting once a week or it chokes out my 6hp Briggs and Stratton mower. Good thing about it is that it stays green until October and is drought resistant.
Overall, I don’t think I’ll do the remainder of the yards in that mix.
Interesting to hear of your experience. I've been looking at microclovers, creeping thyme, sedum, and other grass substitutes -- I'm trying to convert everything to more xeriscape (though Philly gets more rain per year than Seattle), lush and low maintenance. The ideal is "set it and forget it".
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@Mik said in Southern Nevada: Giving Up Grass:
I'd like to have a coupe goats, too.
A coupe de grass?
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@Renauda said in Southern Nevada: Giving Up Grass:
@Mik said in Southern Nevada: Giving Up Grass:
Good idea. I’m looking at replacing mine with mostly clover and other wildflowers. Grass is a huge wast of time and money.
I did that with half my back yard. Supposedly it would be less maintenance. That maybe the case of you have a pet goat to keep it trimmed. Needs cutting once a week or it chokes out my 6hp Briggs and Stratton mower. Good thing about it is that it stays green until October and is drought resistant.
Overall, I don’t think I’ll do the remainder of the yards in that mix.
Interesting to hear of your experience. I've been looking at microclovers, creeping thyme, sedum, and other grass substitutes -- I'm trying to convert everything to more xeriscape (though Philly gets more rain per year than Seattle), lush and low maintenance. The ideal is "set it and forget it".
In fairness the cover grows well in zone 3 and is very nice from mid May to the end of June. Plenty of wild flowers in the mix. From then on it requires weekly attention or it turns into a large mosquito incubator as it never dries out. We have more than enough mosquitos as it is in the north. I need not add to the plague.
I am told that this is the mix:
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In fairness the cover grows well in zone 3 and is very nice from mid May to the end of June. Plenty of wild flowers in the mix. From then on it requires weekly attention or it turns into a large mosquito incubator as it never dries out. We have more than enough mosquitos as it is in the north. I need not add to the plague.
I am told that this is the mix:
@Renauda Thanks!
