Comments on: Lose the Lawn, Save Money http://www.littlehouseinthevalley.com/forgo-tne-lawn-save-money Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:56:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Little House in the Valley http://www.littlehouseinthevalley.com/forgo-tne-lawn-save-money/comment-page-1#comment-1121 Little House in the Valley Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:15:04 +0000 http://www.littlehouseinthevalley.com/?p=220#comment-1121 [...] the lawn. I’ve written a post about this before and Sunset Magazine has a variety of ideas on what to plant instead of a lawn to minimize water [...] [...] the lawn. I’ve written a post about this before and Sunset Magazine has a variety of ideas on what to plant instead of a lawn to minimize water [...]

]]> By: Little House in the Valley » Rainwater Collection Ideas http://www.littlehouseinthevalley.com/forgo-tne-lawn-save-money/comment-page-1#comment-1029 Little House in the Valley » Rainwater Collection Ideas Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:14:13 +0000 http://www.littlehouseinthevalley.com/?p=220#comment-1029 [...] we end up purchasing a “fixer-upper”. Some of these ideas are less inexpensive, like losing the lawn and planting drought-tolerant plants in a semi-arid region, others are more expensive like installing solar panels and running a portion [...] [...] we end up purchasing a “fixer-upper”. Some of these ideas are less inexpensive, like losing the lawn and planting drought-tolerant plants in a semi-arid region, others are more expensive like installing solar panels and running a portion [...]

]]> By: Little House in the Valley » Simple Savings Tips http://www.littlehouseinthevalley.com/forgo-tne-lawn-save-money/comment-page-1#comment-77 Little House in the Valley » Simple Savings Tips Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:25:41 +0000 http://www.littlehouseinthevalley.com/?p=220#comment-77 [...] your lawn. I recently wrote a post about Losing the Lawn. Lawns are water-thirsty plants! They need a lot of water and water is becoming an expensive [...] [...] your lawn. I recently wrote a post about Losing the Lawn. Lawns are water-thirsty plants! They need a lot of water and water is becoming an expensive [...]

]]> By: admin http://www.littlehouseinthevalley.com/forgo-tne-lawn-save-money/comment-page-1#comment-33 admin Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:27:21 +0000 http://www.littlehouseinthevalley.com/?p=220#comment-33 Thanks for the comment. I'm sorry about your 50-degree slope, I can't imagine that would be much fun mowing. I know I wouldn't mow that! Perhaps you should just let some ground cover take over. Here is a link to a Sunset article about ground cover if you're interested: <a href="http://www.sunset.com/garden/garden-basics/planting-ground-covers-00400000013389/" rel="nofollow"> Ground covers by Sunset </a> and one more on plant varieties: <a href="http://freshdirt.sunset.com/2008/06/dymondia-margar.html" rel="nofollow">Plant Varieties</a> Thanks again for the comment- Little House Thanks for the comment.

I’m sorry about your 50-degree slope, I can’t imagine that would be much fun mowing. I know I wouldn’t mow that! Perhaps you should just let some ground cover take over. Here is a link to a Sunset article about ground cover if you’re interested:
Ground covers by Sunset

and one more on plant varieties:
Plant Varieties

Thanks again for the comment-
Little House

]]> By: RainyDaySaver http://www.littlehouseinthevalley.com/forgo-tne-lawn-save-money/comment-page-1#comment-32 RainyDaySaver Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:32:39 +0000 http://www.littlehouseinthevalley.com/?p=220#comment-32 Excellent blog! I feel your pain about the lawn. We have a sloped lawn in front of the property, about a 50-degree pitch, and it was overrun with weeds. Mowing it is difficult, but I was determined to put down grass seed. About a month ago, I tilled and seeded, and eventually, the grass started growing. Little did I know I had awakened a whole subset of crawling ground cover (not ivy, I haven't ID'ed it yet). So now that's starting to overrun the grass. *sigh* Perhaps I should just let it take over so we don't have to mow the sloped area! Excellent blog!

I feel your pain about the lawn. We have a sloped lawn in front of the property, about a 50-degree pitch, and it was overrun with weeds. Mowing it is difficult, but I was determined to put down grass seed. About a month ago, I tilled and seeded, and eventually, the grass started growing. Little did I know I had awakened a whole subset of crawling ground cover (not ivy, I haven’t ID’ed it yet). So now that’s starting to overrun the grass. *sigh* Perhaps I should just let it take over so we don’t have to mow the sloped area!

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