vs. the HOA

[kirinn]

So as some of you who read akiko's journal or twitter may have heard, we recently got a letter from a representative of our HOA saying that they took issue with the state of our lawn. Specifically, the fact that it's pretty much half clover at this point. They suggest a wide-spectrum herbicide followed by re-seeding

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[pmb]

So you are required by various places to have a grass lawn? Or is it more mealy-mouthed about making sure your lawn is in keeping with the character of the neighborhood?

[akiko]

http://www.beckettsridge.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=10&sid=b08198094ac7a02d0d57ca1e2db567d9 are the only docs I can find online, and I don't think any of them are about lawns.

[kirinn]

I think the letter (which is at home) claimed to cite a passage from some document which actually said something about uniform grass. I'll have to look. If they haven't got everything online, hopefully I can find the original hard-copy of the HOA agreement somewhere.

There are one or two houses that replaced their entire lawns with landscaping during a severe drought several years back.

[donaithnen]

That should be your answer. If they keep giving you crap about it just raze the entire thing and replace it with sand. And add some rocks, you could make it a zen garden :)

[kirinn]

We plan to get rid of some more bits of it from time to time and replace with paths and patios and so on, but we really don't have the funds to re-landscape the entire yard this year.