Alternatives To A Lawn
December 5, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
The first step in choosing to replace your ailing natural grass lawn is to decide on what to replace it with. There are various alternatives to grass. Some of them involve using natural products and some of them involve using manmade products. The choice you make is up to your personal preference on what you think will look good and what you think will be best for your surrounding environment.
Artificial grass is an option and once you have decided that you are going to head in that direction you will have to find some reputable artificial grass suppliers in your local are to come out to give you a quote. Before you do that, try to read up on the pros and cons of synthetic grass and what it means to your yard. Synthetic grass comes at a cost, it uses a lot of resources to make and it is difficult to dispose of when it has reached its use by date and has to be removed. All kinds of factors should be weighed up.
A natural option is to replace your traditional grass, such as Buffalo, couch, rye or what ever you have with a more environment specific type of product. If you live in a particularly dry area something like Zoysia grass will be ideal. Once it becomes established it will give you a thick green covering that thrives in the hot sun. Planting Zoysia sods will give you the sort of lawn you are looking for, it is low maintenance and it is natural.
Finally a native garden with a bed of bark or mulch would be another great alternative to a failing lawn. By planting plants that are suitable for the local area, there is little worry that they will survive and by covering the majority of the yard with a mulch or ground cover, the area will resemble a proper garden in no time.
There are a few options available to you to replace the dustbowl that you are attempting to call a lawn. These options haven’t even included the possibility of paving the yard, another option that many people decide to take. Weigh up exactly how natural you want to go and how much gardening you want to do when it is all installed.