Email Sherry Listgarten About this blog: Although climate change has a huge impact on the planet, it is still an abstract concept for many of us. This needs to change. I hope readers of this blog can better understand how our climate evolves... (more) About this blog: Climate change, despite its huge impact on the planet, is still an abstract concept for many of us . This needs to be changed. I hope that readers of this blog will better understand how our climate is evolving and how they want to respond, and will feel comfortable asking questions and exchanging opinions on this topic. It is important that we reach a consensus on the basic science and impact of climate change in order to understand our future actions and policy choices. My background is not climate science, and I am not even particularly green; I hope this helps make this blog more relevant. I studied mathematics and neurobiology on the east coast, and then moved here in 1987 to study at the Graduate School of Computer Science. After working in the technology industry for about 25 years, I retired a few years ago to better align my time with my priorities. I like to spend time outdoors and deeply feel our responsibility to this incredible planet we call home. (hide)

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My Foster City community has a rebate program called LawnbGone, which is available to individual homeowners and HOAs. If you replace the smallest or larger area of ​​turf, follow the guidelines for the quantity and type of drought-tolerant plants and arrange inspections before and after installation, you can get a rebate of $2 per square foot, up to 5000 square feet in 2016. I don’t know the rebate right now. How many. We replaced multiple lawn areas between the sidewalk and the street. It did a $20,000 project for our HOA, which is very affordable, it looks beautiful, and the drip irrigation system requires very little water. Before artificial turf, I would choose the drought-tolerant landscape concept.

Actually looking forward to replacing our front yard with something more suitable for our climate. Plastic grass is not an option, because my toes can tell the difference immediately.

The artificial plastic turf looks fake, fake, and "too perfect." It is also very hot in the sun. I will use low-maintenance, grassy plant landscapes, which are feasible in semi-arid climates like ours. No chat, no mulch, nothing to rake and spray with Roundup or other herbicides.

A piece of turf in our backyard has been around for 17 years, because we have been keeping two dogs, they can walk through it without any problems-no mud in winter, no brown track in summer. The only maintenance is to spray deodorant every few weeks and "weed" some grass that can grow on the edges. Please note that many dog ​​parks have chosen this, DG can, but dogs like soft grass.

I can't tell you whether wrapping your yard with plastic is good for the environment, but please call me a skeptic. What I can tell you is that it looks terrible.

In my opinion, at least some grasslands are mature and can be transformed into vegetable gardens. Plenty of useful and delicious plants do not require much water, if you wish, you can cover most of the dirt with a mulch of your choice.

Just measured the grass in our front yard. 1600 square feet is about 40x40. @$15/square foot For high-quality artificial turf, US$24,000. I like your other alternatives, they are much cheaper.

Karla Dailey of Palo Alto recommends native plants instead of lawns. She spoke at the Palo Alto Rotary Club meeting on August 30.

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