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Fake grass anyone?!

StephanieRMockStephanieRMock
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My DH and I are looking for ways to make our next home more green. I saw this and was wondering what y'all thought. This would save on water and we wouldn't have to mow. We have dogs so we would get the K9 one. It says it is made out of recycled plastics and tires.

What are your thoughts?!

TIA!!

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Re: Fake grass anyone?!

  • ladyyoungladyyoung
    do you have a link?
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  • StephanieRMockStephanieRMock

    Opps.. :)

    https://www.foreverlawn.com/index.html

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  • liz37liz37 member
    I would love to do this.  Especially if it was made out of recycled materials.  We don't water our lawn.  I think it's totally wasteful when there are people out there that don't have clean water to drink and we are using it on our LAWNS!  Of course, not watering means that it takes on a shade of brown during the summer...
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  • AmandaHearnAmandaHearn member
    If you live in a very dry area, maybe, but really, no.  There's a lot more to a lawn than grass.  If it were a very small front lawn in a VERY dry area.  I suppose, but even then.  I'm not so sure :
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  • StephanieRMockStephanieRMock
    We live in Texas, so it is pretty dry, and if you don't have grass you end up with a huge mud puddle as a backyard :(.
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  • Dobie_MamaDobie_Mama
    I don't know ... wouldn't it have a negative impact on stormwater runoff, being that there are no roots?  I know stormwater management is a huge problem in our area.
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  • StephanieRMockStephanieRMock
    Good point Dobie Mama..
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  • AmandaHearnAmandaHearn member

    imageStephanieRMock:
    We live in Texas, so it is pretty dry, and if you don't have grass you end up with a huge mud puddle as a backyard :(.

    Being artificial, I doubt that this would help.  It won't absorb the water, so more or less you'd most likely end up with muddy artificial grass.  Perhaps if you had a few planted areas with this grass around.  Or a drainage system of sorts.  :  Something to displace water.

    To me, no grass means no roots, no bugs.  Nothing to help irrigate the land.

    This is a strange product to me.  It's artificial and does not promote life.  Doesn't that kind of make it anti-EF?  I know it's recycled, but still.  :  Just a thought.

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  • StephanieRMockStephanieRMock
    imageAmandaHearn:

    imageStephanieRMock:
    We live in Texas, so it is pretty dry, and if you don't have grass you end up with a huge mud puddle as a backyard :(.

    Being artificial, I doubt that this would help.  It won't absorb the water, so more or less you'd most likely end up with muddy artificial grass.  Perhaps if you had a few planted areas with this grass around.  Or a drainage system of sorts.  :  Something to displace water.

    To me, no grass means no roots, no bugs.  Nothing to help irrigate the land.

    This is a strange product to me.  It's artificial and does not promote life.  Doesn't that kind of make it anti-EF?  I know it's recycled, but still.  :  Just a thought.

    This is our original plan. We were just thinking about it, but now that I see what you are saying it does seem anti-EF. I like planting flowers and trees anyways.. :)

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  • Lady GaladrielLady Galadriel member

    I could have sworn there is a moss or such that will soak up the water to help keep things a bit less muddy, no mowing with still having a living plant in you backyard to make O2. Actually we have bark all over the place in our backyard and Im thinking of trying to find the name of the moss stuff and reusing the water in our house.( put a bucket in the shower to catch the cold water till it gets hot and such) I need to make up a plan of action though first to run it by dh.

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  • StephanieRMockStephanieRMock

    I read it wrong.. our original plan is to have lots of planted areas with flowers, trees, and REAL grass.. :)

    Opps!!

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  • liz37liz37 member

    Well, I tend to think of lawns, in general, as non-EF.  They aren't really natural.  They wouldn't grow if we didn't help them along.  I think to go truly EF, you would have to do some sort of eco-scape.  If you were in the desert, do desert, if you live in the prairie, have prairie, if you live in the forest, have forest, etc.

    People tend to like the way that lawns look and feel.  I think they do it more for that, than to promote life in their yard.

    Just my 2 cents.

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  • AmandaHearnAmandaHearn member
    We don't do anything to our lawn, but mow it.  Even that we only do about every 2 weeks or so in the summer.  Sometimes longer.  We leave our clippings too.  I don't see how lawns are non-EF, unless you live in a warm climate where they need to be watered or something.  I promise you, ours would grow regardless :)  My husband wishes that it wouldn't though, lol.
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  • Lady GaladrielLady Galadriel member

    I found this and thought it was neat..

     https://www.stepables.com/

     

     

     

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  • liz37liz37 member

    imageAmandaHearn:
    We don't do anything to our lawn, but mow it.  Even that we only do about every 2 weeks or so in the summer.  Sometimes longer.  We leave our clippings too.  I don't see how lawns are non-EF, unless you live in a warm climate where they need to be watered or something.  I promise you, ours would grow regardless :)  My husband wishes that it wouldn't though, lol.

    The only thing that we do is mow and we leave our clippings as well.  We also pull dandelions up by the roots.  But we aren't in the majority in our neighborhood and we don't have a nice-looking lawn.  In order to have a nice-looking lawn where we live, you would need to water, fertilize, put down chemicals to prevent weeds, and put down more chemicals to kill weeds.  To me, that's not EF.

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