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We have a small patch of new artificial grass inside our patio wall.

Some Bright Green Lawns in California Require No Water

It looks pretty good. If anything, a little too good.

I don't know if it is toxic or not. Fuck. Everything is toxic even me.

Today is the monthly condo board meeting and right there is the agenda item. Water conservation.

So far, that has meant watering from 7PM to 7AM and not a lot of that. Hoping that the grass will not die.

It looks pretty brown.

We are trying.

The developer put a lot of grass in here. It is nice. But it may be unsustainable under current conditions.

What to do?

Some people advocate installing sand and gravel, stone decorative places. But that does not solve the problem of pet peeing. Of course sand is OK for that but not with polyethylene under it. Stinksville.

That is one of the ironies, incidentally. When they put in a rock or sand/gravel piece they put black polyethylene sheeting under it to stop weeds.

We have backed ourselves into a corner but we will be able to back out. A little time, a lot of money. So far watering grass is cheaper but that will change very soon.

Let's do a rain dance.

I have written about the fact that this spring there is no snow on any of the mountains around here. None. So it is not going to come from there.

Palm Springs sits on huge aquifers which are depleting. The desert will come back sometime. Maybe sooner than we thought.

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