On Mon, 24 Sep 2007, jon louis mann wrote:
>> i'd like to see people give up their water guzzling lawns.
>> no lawn jon
>
> Why?
> Are you someplace like Vegas that has water problems?
> We have plenty of water here. In fact it rained 43 inches in a 24 hour
> period at a rain gage in my area once. We average around 50 inches a
> year.
> Watering lawns is not always a problem.
>
>
> xponent
> Wetlands Maru
> rob
>
> you're right, of course. watering lawns is not always a problem. i
> own a house in eureka, california where we get too much water.
>
> i'm based in phoenix where it is a problem. i live in santa monica,
> which is in the midst of a drought, although we finally got some rain
> this weekend.
>
> southern california and arizona are not alone in diverting water for
> lawns from places where the water table is being drained.
My parents-in-law did landscaping with pretty gravel when they bought
their house. They put in a few trees, and the trees needed drip
irrigation, but it wasn't the sort of waste you get with a lawn.
We've pretty much given up on our irrigation system here, but we're having
to water 2 new trees with the hose every other day.
The insane amounts of rain we've had this year have taken care of the rest
of it in spades.
We're near Austin, TX, just for reference.
Julia
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