Angeleno Heights neighbor tries something different for sidewalk grass

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Temperatures are in the 90s again today, and taking a hit are the difficult-to-water strips of grass that lie between the curb and the sidewalk. My Angeleno Heights neighbor recently solved his brown-lawn-by-the-sidewalk problem by installing artificial turf. While everyone else’s grass is the color of hay, his bright green, faux grass is absolute perfection with not a weed in sight. Before the artificial turf went in, my Great Dane, Cleo, used to single out that patch of grass (don’t ask me why), but now Cleo avoids it entirely. Maybe that’s another reason for putting it in -- that, and the fact that it requires no watering. More photos on the jump ...

Artificial grass -- uniformly green all year long with nary a weed in sight.

-- Barbara Thornburg

Photo credit: Barbara Thornburg/ Los Angeles Times