The last time we were in the city, the front page of the lifestyle, or possibly the home section featured a man who had torn out his lawn and replaced it with synthetic turf.  The whole thing.  A foreign concept to country-bumpkins like us, this fellow was an allergy sufferer who couldn’t see the point of putting up with the paint of his reactions, and the inconvenience of constant maintenance, so he went for the synthetic route.  Now I can understand his frustration – in the city lawns are not optional – they are mandatory.  Here we just let the cows loose in the girls fenced off yard for a few days, and we’re good for another couple of weeks (told you we were bumpkins!)

For folks with bigger lawns, Southern California’s EasyTurf supplies synthetic grass for residential lawns, commercial installments, playgrounds and even Putting Greens. So what do you think? Fake grass, the wave of the future?

Personally I can’t see myself switching over anytime soon. Living turf provides such a range of nature study activities for children – my girls and I all love finding tiny creep crawlies amongst the grass stems. And besides, that would put our cows out of a job.