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Frugal and Energy Efficient Living

jimfields33

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1. Oh yes. St. Augustine grass. Of course we have to have it due to HOA

Reply to niyad (Original post)

Sat Jun 17, 2023, 12:43 PM

Jun 2023

I hate it because it takes a ton of water to maintain which is costly. But so are rocks, which gets weeds. I spend more money on the lawn here in Florida than the two acres I had in Maryland. The full year round sun actually doesn’t help the cause. Hot most of the time. It is beautiful though.

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Is Your Lush, Green Lawn Killing Mother Nature? [View all] niyad Jun 2023 OP

Oh yes. St. Augustine grass. Of course we have to have it due to HOA jimfields33 Jun 2023 #1

I'll never understand this notion of poisoning the landscape Hermit-The-Prog Jun 2023 #2

About a third of my 2 acres is posted with these signs, multigraincracker Jun 2023 #3

I'll keep the grass, thanks. HOA used to be a stickler for edging, so yard guys mow txwhitedove Jul 2023 #4