An article in one of my 1950s Popular Mechanics magazines, with a photo
too.A guy in Omaha,Nebraska paved his whole yard with concrete.The photo
shows him relaxing in a lawn chair under a big umbrella and he has a
cold drink.His neighbor is standing by his lawn mower and wiping the
sweat off of his brow.

I much prefer grass myself.
cuhulin

On Jun 5, 9:17*pm, wrote:
An article in one of my 1950s Popular Mechanics magazines, with a photo
too.A guy in Omaha,Nebraska paved his whole yard with concrete.The photo
shows him relaxing in a lawn chair under a big umbrella and he has a
cold drink.His neighbor is standing by his lawn mower and wiping the
sweat off of his brow.

I much prefer grass myself.
cuhulin

Well, I suppose some people use concrete as xeriscape - I think a
colorful garden with native, low-water plants and a tile deck for
sitting the shade would be nicer. I HATE watering this lawn all
summer...

bpnjensen wrote:


Well, I suppose some people use concrete as xeriscape - I think a
colorful garden with native, low-water plants and a tile deck for
sitting the shade would be nicer. I HATE watering this lawn all
summer...

They are going to build a new wastewater desalination plant at the low
end of town. Sewer rates are going to jump dramatically, but you get an
exemption if you use a minimal amount of water. Therefore I don't water
(except what dribbles out of the cooler hose). The Bermuda grass and
oleanders are doing fine.

We get enough rain over here I don't have to water my yard, except for a
few places in my back yard where I put some Shady Lawn grass seed I
bought last week at Hutto's yard and garden center on Ellis Ave.I am
trying to get some grass growing in those shady places back there.
cuhulin