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Old 01-22-2017, 09:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Hummintwo View Post
My guess is the property owner did not like getting our very expensive and necessary (water) bill. Taking out all the grass on the surface may seem like a good idea but consider the erosion that will follow. Enough erosion and now you have an even more expensive bill because the soil must have a way of holding together like a California mud slide.
Agreed, though other groundcovers and plantings can be used to prevent erosion, or gravel. Most of the full blown sod removals with pine straw or mulch I have seen in TV, were poorly done and begging for a good rain to 'fix' it.