03-06-2005 21:23									#1
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How does one turn high desert into a nice green yard?

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Why would you want to? Desert is cool.

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quote: Originally posted by Shi Huangdi Why would you want to? Desert is cool.

Desert is cool when its not your front yard. It looks like **** for a front yard.

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You don't terraform high desert. You leave it alone.

	03-06-2005 21:45									#5
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1. Plant desert plants.
2. water. alot.


LOTM - who has lawngrass rather than native plants in the front yard only cause the neighborhood association does the front yard maintenance, leaving me to play around with the back yard. And who hasnt planted native plants in the back yard cause im too lazy, and besides the weeds are native, arent they? Actually, probably not.

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Drill for aquifier.

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If you don't like the desert, dont live in the desert.

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quote: Originally posted by chegitz guevara You don't terraform high desert. You leave it alone.

Screw that.

quote: 1. Plant desert plants. 2. water. alot. LOTM - who has lawngrass rather than native plants in the front yard only cause the neighborhood association does the front yard maintenance, leaving me to play around with the back yard. And who hasnt planted native plants in the back yard cause im too lazy, and besides the weeds are native, arent they? Actually, probably not.

I shall look into these "desert plants" you speak of.

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quote: Originally posted by chegitz guevara If you don't like the desert, dont live in the desert.

I dont live in the desert, I live in a city.

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It's people like you that have caused the Colorado River to be so drained of water that it no longer reaches the sea. If you want a lawn, move someplace green.

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quote: Originally posted by Space05us I dont live in the desert, I live in a city.

I guess you didn't live in the Arcitic when you lived in Barrow then.

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1. Bury Ming in your front yard.

2. His rich supply of BS will provide enough fertilizer for a hundred years.

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quote: Originally posted by chegitz guevara It's people like you that have caused the Colorado River to be so drained of water that it no longer reaches the sea. If you want a lawn, move someplace green.

Keep the desert a desert. An unnatural Green lawn that doesn't belong would just look tacky.

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quote: Originally posted by Space05us Screw that. quote: 1. Plant desert plants. 2. water. alot. LOTM - who has lawngrass rather than native plants in the front yard only cause the neighborhood association does the front yard maintenance, leaving me to play around with the back yard. And who hasnt planted native plants in the back yard cause im too lazy, and besides the weeds are native, arent they? Actually, probably not. I shall look into these "desert plants" you speak of.

what do your neighbors do? IIRC in Tuscon planting native plants was considered the thing to do (and there wasnt much choice before CAP) Really, Im sure there are alot of resources out there on gardening with native plants. Do you really have NOTHING growing out front now?


http://www.nativedesertplants.com/

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quote: It's people like you that have caused the Colorado River to be so drained of water that it no longer reaches the sea. If you want a lawn, move someplace green.

Thats ok.

My lawn > Nature

Besides the water is already here, so why not use it?

quote: I guess you didn't live in the Arcitic when you lived in Barrow then.

No. I lived in the Arctic then. There were enough people with space heaters in thier front yards to change that.

quote: Keep the desert a desert. An unnatural Green lawn that doesn't belong would just look tacky.

Perhaps it would make you guys feel better if I told you my house is one of the very few without a lawn. And nevermind the paved roads, and the brick house I live in, they're just desert plants.

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quote: what do your neighbors do? IIRC in Tuscon planting native plants was considered the thing to do (and there wasnt much choice before CAP) Really, Im sure there are alot of resources out there on gardening with native plants. Do you really have NOTHING growing out front now?

Its almost as if each person in the neigborhood has a unique lawn. None of them are "natural" though.

I have desert grass, weeds, growing in my front yard.


edit: Che et al, I intend to leave my back yard alone for the most part. After all not much can grow with a steady stream of dog piss going over it.

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quote: Originally posted by mrmitchell 1. Bury Ming in your front yard. 2. His rich supply of BS will provide enough fertilizer for a hundred years.

Are you trying to get banned?

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Space do your neighbors have lawns? If not, don't bother. Look into Xeriscaping.

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the main advantage of a traditional lawn is that its more pleasant to walk on - esp for kids playing. You dont have kids though, do you? I think a nice landscaping job with desert plants would actually be more attractive to look at then a lawn. Im thinking rock garden, cacti, etc. A real southwest look.


Then Im old enough to remember when "southwest" was the hot style, and New Mexico was the hot cuisine.


"when we were yuppies ....."

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Space, I'm thinking pave it and put up a basketball hoop.

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quote: Space, I'm thinking pave it and put up a basketball hoop

and sell drugs to all the hoolagins who come and hang out

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quote: Space, I'm thinking pave it and put up a basketball hoop.

Not a bad idea!

quote: Space do your neighbors have lawns?

It varies. Some have lawns, some have rock gardens, some have yards covered in very strange looking weeds, most have grass of some sort though.

quote: the main advantage of a traditional lawn...

...is that its nice to look at.

	03-06-2005 22:21									#23
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Lawns are ugly.

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quote: Originally posted by Space05us quote: It's people like you that have caused the Colorado River to be so drained of water that it no longer reaches the sea. If you want a lawn, move someplace green. Thats ok. My lawn > Nature Besides the water is already here, so why not use it?

Because it's continuously scarce in NM.

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i dunno. A lawm in front a large english mansion, suitably framed by gardens, rose bushes, and woods can be quite attractive, I think.

But - its much less attractive if its just a patch in front of a small house, and its a pain to maintain. And I think native plants can be very attractive, depending on the region. I just happen to like desert plants - if i lived in New Mexico, this would be an easy choice.

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quote: Originally posted by chegitz guevara Lawns are ugly.

Only to Communists.

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quote: Originally posted by Space05us How does one turn high desert into a nice green yard?

water. It works on low desert as well.

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quote: Originally posted by chegitz guevara It's people like you that have caused the Colorado River to be so drained of water that it no longer reaches the sea. If you want a lawn, move someplace green.

the many dams on the river haven't helped either

	04-06-2005 02:01									#29
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Lawns in a desert.

People have been telling Reno city officials for decades that the unmitigated growth here would drain our very limited water supplies. There's only so much water that can legally be removed from the Truckee River and the groundwater is replenished only by the river and whatever moisture we get here in the rainshadow of the Sierra Nevadas during the winter and spring. Lo and behold, we're suddenly and unexpectedly seeing water problems for the past few years. Who'da thunk it?

Space05us being a whiny git

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quote: Originally posted by DRoseDARs Lawns in a desert.

Growing cotton in a desert?
Growing lettuce in a desert?