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Old 04-23-2012, 06:08 PM
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Originally Posted by duffysmom View Post
My dream is to be allowed by the Grand PU Pa to replace my lawn with beautiful rocks and ground cover as well as drought resistant plants. I'm tired of feeding the lawn, pouring tons of water and pestisides into the ground only to find out that I'm providing a very expensive bathoom for my neighbors' dogs. Seriously if allowed I'm sure that we would have some beautiful, creative yards like they have in Arizona.
I agree that Arizona has some creative and beautiful yards. But ... it’s Arizona ...it’s a dry, hot desert. They landscape that way because they have to, not because they want to. Do you want The Villages to look like a desert town? I have stone in some of my flower beds and they are hot, hot, hot. I would replace the stone with mulch if I could, but my dogs would eat the mulch. I could fill in my entire CYV yard with stone, but I never will. I love the feel and smell and green of grass. If you fill in your entire lawn with stone, where would Duffy walk?


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Originally Posted by janmcn View Post
If everyone did that, the developer couldn't make tons of money selling water.
The developer makes tons of money selling water to us? How? Please explain.