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Only it doesn't look like a carpet. Or, even, fake.

The green is a little too healthy looking for the desert, but if we had fed it well and kept it watered, it would be this color. It is very detailed. Under the pile, there are yellowed blades, dying out. The color is not uniform. When you walk on it there is a lush feel but it feels like the real thing. I didn't try it barefoot. Too many workmen around. Later.

We had gravel before. Hibiscus bushes with a gravel carpet in front. A fairly big one. 15 feet x 7 feet.

I have always been against fake nature but since we got the artificial olive tree for the living room, we are in for an inch so why not go a mile?

It is the end of the struggle with the gravel that was there before, weeds sprouting up and a general shitty look that just can't be remedied.

The thing about this grass is that no one is going to be fooled about whether it is real or not. And once that "shock" is over, they will have to admire the lushness and the fine work that this very expensive "artificial" lawn represents. Right in the middle of it, here and there, are three or four blades that are "too long", like a cowlick. Under the mowed top (not totally uniform) there are some yellowing blades. Some bent. Some even "dead".

Verisimilitude.

This is not "astroturf", not by a long shot.

It took three guys to lay it down. About three hours. They were meticulous. The preparation is extensive. Flatten the gravel, add some sand, vibrate, pound. Lay the grass.

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