The Core

For all the homeowners in the Southwest who will not be able to have lawns in the coming years. Still, somehow I don't think it's the mowing they will miss. For me, this was always the unpleasant chore that my dad had to nag me about except on rare occasions. Of course, I might have been more into it if we had had a lawn tractor instead of a push mower.

As an adult, I have never owned a square foot of lawn. I have lots of brush cutting and needle raking and burning to do each year, but it's like 2-3 hard days a year instead of a recurring task.

>Call Guinness

I know. I was awestruck when I realized that it was still looking OK after 10-12 days this past mid-July, so I decided to see if it'd go the full 14.  Only mowed twice in August with *plenty* of rain, when yards usually go knee-deep in 5 days.

Besides the grass type (Bermuda & Centipede. ZERO fescue!!), the real trick was that I leveled the yard using 'red packing sand' (powder-y clay) and very thin topsoil. 

>lots of brush cutting and needle raking

And rocks. Lots of rocks.