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Grassless Lawns Catching On During California Drought | National Geographic


it’s a desert out here in Southern
California and expecting every homeowner
to have lush green lawns isn’t exactly
realistic anymore they do in my rental
house today across the street which is a
big yard and they do in the front and
the back which is going to save me a lot
of water turf terminators launched last
summer so we’ve been going at it for
about ten months and we’ve grown from
you know three employees to 500 we
realized that turf removal rebates
better available for the replacement of
turf grass we’re rising in value and so
we put two and two together and figured
out that we could run a business doing
drought tolerant landscaping here we’ve
got a variety of drought tolerant
vegetation primarily here we’re going to
be installing some lavender shrubs
we have kangaroo paw in the back and
also tea tree here so it’s a good
variety you get a lot of color in these
yards but none of these plants are gonna
require much maintenance and certainly
not a lot of water green grass is you
know staple of American life it’s been
amazing to see so many people willing to
stand up and sort of take action it’s
all part of a transformation of
Californians relationship with water I
think when we actually perform services
in a neighborhood about 3.5 neighbors
make the transition as well mr. Smith
has ten of his neighbors who have
already signed up with us
I’ve been living here 48 years no one in
this area haven’t been living here less
than 25 or 30 years I know all of my
neighbors on this block and quite a few
of my own around the area majority of
the people over here seen you people is
retired and they on a fixed income this
is absolutely free if you think about
the amount of water that you’re saving a
fixed income man I tell you she’s and
with this program I think I can live
with it oh yeah I’ll be up a little
Cassady on our yes I was the first lawn
on the block to change from grasp my
neighbor mr. Smith he was the one who
introduced me to it I just finished this
last week hot potato
my grandkids my dog and myself loved the
astroturf my water bill is half of what
it used to be since I had the astroturf
a lot of people think that just
somebody’s just talking about a water
shortage I can do all I want to with my
water but it’s a real real threat
whoever’s running out of water as a
water bill get high a lot of more think
about maybe I should have done this and
then if become manager depending on
which probably wish you hadn’t went over
got it
oh yeah it’s almost like Las Vegas you
in Las Vegas this party already hit this
time
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