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From: dsn@tove.UUCP (Dana S. Nau)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Grass
Message-ID: <280@tove.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 23-Jul-85 22:36:27 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 23 22:36:27 1985
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In article <3308@drutx.UUCP> slb@drutx.UUCP (Sue Brezden) writes:
> ... Many ground covers will not live here, or take as much 
>watering as grass.  (Of course some are ok--we are looking into that.  We 
>would be interested in any information on low water-using ground covers.
>Ones that will survive a hard winter, also, of course.) 
>
>I have seen some quite attractive rock/sand/cactus lawns.  I have also seen
>some eyesores.  It is like anything else--it takes good taste to arrange 
>properly.  Red and blue rocks don't quite cut it in the taste department.
>The worst thing about rock and sand are that they are hot in the summer.
>
>How about a Zen raked-sand/rock garden?

How about kudzu?  I'm sure a lot of people in the Southeast would be glad to
send you some free!  :-)
-- 

Dana S. Nau,  Computer Science Dept.,  U. of Maryland,  College Park, MD 20742
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