Should I replace my brown lawn with artificial turf?

Grist
By Ask Umbra®Jun 8, 2015, 5:35 am29 pts
Q. I haven’t watered my lawn since 2009. Though we have drought here in California, I still get straggles of green after brief rain. I will xeriscape one day with mostly rocks in the front. My question: What about artificial turf for a smallish section of backyard? Is it bad for the soil underneath? And what…

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