do you water your lawn?
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I have an irrigation system for all the flower beds. The sprinklers don’t directly feed the lawn, but the stray water seems to keep my yard green even in August in the Midwest.
But I am on a well so no bill for water use.
Only when seeding.
I water my garden, though.
I water my garden, though.
Yep, if I don't it would be dead by July. Not dormant, dead.
I keep trying to convince the wife to xeriscape the front (back already is) but she argues that the dogs need the grass. City would pay us for tearing up the lawn.
I have it set to water 3 times a week for 5-10 minutes.
I keep trying to convince the wife to xeriscape the front (back already is) but she argues that the dogs need the grass. City would pay us for tearing up the lawn.
I have it set to water 3 times a week for 5-10 minutes.
That is a reasonable amount of you are trying to keep it from deaths door.
She’s right. If you don’t have any grass, how will the dog be able to kill it?
The exterior grass and landscaping is irrigated by the association. The interior courtyard is turf. So, no.
The rain takes care of well enough until we get deep into the summer. I have a sprinkler system but I keep it off unless/until we go through a dry spell and the lawn needs it.
Sometimes I do go out and water with a hose/sprayer just for the relaxation of standing out there for a while.
Sometimes I do go out and water with a hose/sprayer just for the relaxation of standing out there for a while.
I feel like this view has shifted over time. It's a very generational way to think about it.
The current American middle class ideals of lawns didn't come to really exist until the 1950s. So it is really only an indicator during this time period and only for certain people that have been raised to believe in the new aged Americana.
I've tried to plant stuff that will grow and look nice and require very little maintenance. Not a vegetable garden or anything, but some different plants like jasmine and lavender, etc. Problem is that a lot of that stuff says they're heat resistant, until it gets over 100, then they start to fade whether or not they get more water.You need a garden
I need to landscape part of the yard to be rocks and cacti and agave plants, but then I'm sure my nephews will run over and impale themselves...
In my neighborhood, it's common for people to do the baseline yardwork. Keep things mowed, clean up sidewalks, keep garden beds clean. Yet, people are very relaxed about watering, letting grass go dormant, weeding every single thing (most leave dandelion and clover, will pull thistle.)
I just don't think people view it as a major priority, and that's fine.
I think there are ways for you to grow veggies in Texas. Just more of a spring/fall season for more traditional things and in the summer you gotta limit to the things that love hot heat like Okra or Peppers or something.
Or you can always get some shade cloth to protect from the sun.
I imagine flowers and shrubs are difficult, though.
DM water works has asked people not to water their lawns. Because they already have to go to great lengths to get the nitrates out of the water that the farmers dump in to our water supply with impunity.
Another thing on the incredibly long list of failures by Gov. Reynolds.
Let the strongest grass survive to f_ck and make more stronger grass. Eventually my lawn will never brown.
We use the water from the dehumidifier in the basement to water our flowers.
It is the Fremen way.
I was going to say something but @Torbee has already called me catty once today.
You are right.
Nothing points to the modern bourgeois like green grass during a drought.
When the masses rise up, they will come for the green lawns first.
With my built in system, yes. I'm not standing out there with a hose like a poor, though.
Good luck getting past the land mines. Don't worry, we have stockpiles of extra dirt and sod to fill in and cover up after you go boom. Bonus instant fertilizer, too.
We get a ton ... you don't think we have the technology to arm/disarm them? Do you forget we're the bourgeoise? In fact, trick-or-treating is madness in our neighborhood ... because we have the nice houses, with the nice lawns ... and folks know it's safe and they'll get plenty of the good stuff.
You may be on to something ... the poors do get "shipped in" to trick or treat, since their decrepit neighborhoods, with their dead, unkept lawns aren't prime trick-or-treating spots, and they know they can get free stuff off us on that night. We may get sneak-attacked during Halloween when our defenses are down and we won't be alarmed when the poors are mingling amongst us. We're going to have to strategerize for these possibilities.
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My grass is Darwinism green. A couple more seasons and it will be completely drought resistant.
You are raising spoiled, coddled grass that will never be able to take care of itself.
There likely are. I grew vegetables (esp tomatoes and peppers) a lot when I was in Virginia. That was REALLY easy though - better soil. milder temperatures, more rain, etc.
