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We have only a small space in our garden that’s quite sheltered and has poor drainage. We use that space for the dogs to do thier business and if it was real grass there it would just be a toxic shit swamp.

Also in the city near me they too up a lot of paving stones on a well travelled area and replaced it with Astonturf. Were it real grass it would be ground into a dirt track in a few days.

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Hogger85b@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Yep we had a small 3m square patch of paving, we tried turf and it died due to overuse with kids playing and use using it for sitting out, picnics and BBQs. The choice is deck or fake grass and fake grass is cheaper.

We have wildflower border and fake grass currently.

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- PeleSpirit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Have you ever thought about walking stones or paving stones and a hardy ground cover? I can’t imagine feeling close to nature on fake grass.
  
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  - Hogger85b@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    BBQ is on a couple of paving slabs, was love talking about rh social seating and eating But paving slabs are hard, less comfy for play and seating. Also they get very hot in summer (seem to get hotter than the fake grass). I don't see why dead area of stone is any better
    
    Hardy ground cover may work but we have struggled to find any hardy enough to establish.
    
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    PeleSpirit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    I was suggesting the mix, where you plant the hardy ground cover in the holes of a paver.
    
    I don’t see why dead area of stone is any better
    
    I think it’s the cheap plastic and we know it’s not great for us, kids especially. I guess it’s better than painting your dirt or gravel? tucson.com/…/article_c1e10e28-a044-11e0-8bb2-001c…
    
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blackn1ght@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

Also in the city near me they took up a lot of paving stones on a well travelled area and replaced it with Astroturf.

Why didn’t they just keep the paving stones?

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- Darkard@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I guess they figured it would look nicer to have the fake grass with some tall planters on it that just the larger swathe of concrete with planters on
  
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