Use mixed native grasses instead of traditional lawns
One of the big water hogs in residential neighborhoods is the traditional lawn. Many movements have begun to reduce the use of horticultural chemicals that are causing problems in streams, causing distortions of wildlife physical maturity (frogs with extra legs, etc.), and causing the extinction of many butterflies. The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower center is reporting new research on the success of mixed native grasses used to replace traditional lawns grasses. The mixed native grasses require less mowing and as a result reduce the use of fossil fuels and pollution. They require less water since they are adapted to your climate. This isn't a new idea. Here's a website called Less Lawn with an article from 2001! The University of TX at Austin has completed the recent research and their report is here . Their suggested seeds: "From our on-going research here at the Wildflower Center, we have found that a mix of Bouteloua dactyloides (buffalograss), Bouteloua gra...