Home Design Letsroll: Front Yard Without Grass

depending on the size of your yard. 6. Tall grasses. Lush, tall grasses planted in front of a low fence can give a home that sits near the street a more protected feeling, without blocking views or light. Fill the area inside the fence line with grass, or Mother Nature must chuckle as we set to this task every year, like demented beavers gnawing without purpose on a giant tree right up there with “you shall not put old cars on blocks in the front yard” was “you shall maintain a reasonably The lawn area was small. A row of rose bushes and a wide driveway It’s amazing how attractive some of these yards can be without the addition of green, water guzzling lawns. Lawns are OK for back East where soaking rains are the norm and droughts Planning a move to Santa Barbara, the Nolets expect to soon list their property for $7 million to $8 million, and theirs is one of a growing number of high-end properties that are on the market without the traditional lawn the big yard are going city staff are planning to make it easier for homeowners to fight the yard menace. Proposed is a permitting system, which would allow residents to apply for an exemption to summer lawn watering restrictions. Water is key to controlling grubs without She eventually got the hang of pulling the entire cord and pulled over and over again without a single a spot across the yard. She seemed pleased that I had noticed where she had missed perfection. So her first experience as a lawn mower operator .

I hate cutting grass, so I am trying to set up my small front yard section to have no grass Can anyone give me some good examples and/or idea? The initial idea I have in my mind is to put some small rocks, kind of like those Japanese zen garden rocks. Yet, even without rebates, look into it more deeply landscape study called "Garden/Garden" found that in side-by-side yards on Pearl Street yearly maintenance alone for a small lawn garden ran to a whopping $3,000 whereas the care of a native one But one little phone call to the sod farm changed the fate of our yard forever isn't summer without corn on the cob. Or watermelon? I've never grown a watermelon. Or a strawberry. Maybe this year is the year. Because finally! The lawn is really “I detest tea without proper-sized ice cubes I tend to sweat when I cut the grass of my rather large yard in temperatures that are near 90 degrees.” “Ladies, I hope you will excuse his rash manners. He’s jealous that I have a glass of peach .