[Vision2020] Re: Name of this list & re: Water

[Craine Kit]

For the last 30 or so years, we have not watered our lawn or  
established plants. The only exceptions is if things are in dire  
straits (e.g. it has been over 90 degrees for weeks with no rain) and  
then I use a soaker hose. I don’t have any special grasses. My lawn  
has simply been abused for so long that it has adapted to both  
drought and shade.

My formula is to cut the grass as tall as my mower allows (6") only  
once or twice in the spring, then let it grow until nature tells it  
to stop. The longer the leaves mean deeper the roots and shade for  
the ground. Deep roots and cooler soil means less need for water.  
Yes, my yard is brown by July, but it always comes back in the spring.

In the fall, it gets one last cutting as I mulch the maple  leaves,  
which I do not remove unless they fail to decompose over winter.

The best part of this system is that it is very low maintenance.

Kit Craine

On Apr 22, 2006, at 8:34 AM, Matt Decker wrote:

> J,
>
> Actually, many Moscow citizens do use a "draught resistant" grass  
> for steep slopes or other purposes. What I have noticed is that  
> many more families like the bluegrasses or ryes. Most of them have  
> children, and realize that the "draught resistant" doesn't serve as  
> a very good "lawn grass". However, if you look around many families  
> are using xeriscaping (use of drought resistant plants, and  
> automatic sprinklers/and or drip) in order to help conserve water.
>
> Great topic
>
> Matt
>
>
>> From: "J Ford" <privatejf32 at hotmail.com>
>> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Re: Name of this list & re: Water
>> Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 01:56:23 -0700
>>
>> Whatever happened to looking at "draught resistant" grasses or  
>> "irish mosses" that don't require that much water?  They use it CA  
>> and AZ all the time with a lot success.
>>
>> J  :]
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> From: Melynda Huskey <melynda at moscow.com>
>>> To: Bill London <london at moscow.com>
>>> CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
>>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Re: Name of this list & re: Water
>>> Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 23:30:13 -0700
>>>
>>> Bill London wrote:
>>>> And therefore, I see no need to water the lawn at the Moscow  
>>>> Cemetery.  I
>>>> have been to all the public cemeteries in Latah County.  Only a  
>>>> few are
>>>> irrigated.  I do not think the beauty or reverence of the  
>>>> cemeteries are
>>>> determined by irrigation.  I think this Council's special deal  
>>>> on cheap
>>>> water for the cemetery is foolish.  The cemetery district  
>>>> officials should
>>>> not have made that request.
>>>>
>>> I disagree with Bill and Ralph; while the dead may not know, and  
>>> almost certainly don't care, if the grass is green above them, I  
>>> think it's a civic duty to maintain cemeteries as green,  
>>> pleasant, and peaceful spots, with grass and tall, shady trees.
>>>
>>> The older part of Moscow's cemetery is a lovely place to walk and  
>>> indulge in Wordworthian intimations of immortality; there are  
>>> some very fine examples of funerary art in the older gravestones,  
>>> too.  The newer part, with its ugly flat plaques and spindly  
>>> trees spaced far, far apart, is infinitely less appealing.
>>>
>>> If I were ever to win the lottery (which I won't, because I won't  
>>> play), I'd endow the cemetery district with a million dollars on  
>>> the condition that they allow interesting headstones, tombs, and  
>>> mausoleums again.
>>>
>>> The golf course I couldn't care less about, but let the former  
>>> citizens of Moscow have a verdant resting place.
>>>
>>> Melynda Huskey
>>>
>>>
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