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Is Artificial Grass A Benefit During The Rainy Season?

 

Is Artificial Grass A Benefit During The Rainy Season? http://www.heavenlygreens.com/blog/is-artificial-grass-a-benefit-during-the-rainy-season @heavenlygreensThere still seems to be some confusion among weather experts about whether we’ll get more or less than normal rainfall this winter. On the other hand, who even knows what constitutes “normal” for us anymore! Perhaps the best news for Bay Area homeowners is that, if you have artificial grass, the weather doesn’t matter. In fact, fake grass offers distinct benefits during the rainy season.

 

 

With natural grass, the rainy season is no fun

If it’s warm but wet, your grass will keep growing – slowly, perhaps, but it will look take on that slightly bedraggled appearance you tried so hard to avoid. So much for your “last mow of the season” and other lawn preparations heading into winter. Artificial grass doesn’t require winterization and won’t start to look ratty as the season wears on. It looks perfectly fresh and healthy all the time.

 

And speaking of health, natural grass can easily become soggy in winter, especially with the poor-draining clay soils many of us have in our yards. Soggy grass encourages growth of mold and mildew, two common sources of allergies in people and pets. Growing mold or mildew can cause your grass to get scummy, too. Yuck.

 

Artificial turf from Heavenly Greens just says no to excess moisture, thanks to exceptional drainage characteristics. It isn’t even slippery when it’s wet. That makes it safer to play on in between showers, so your family doesn’t miss out on touch football games or other late-season fun.

 

Artificial grass is cleaner, too. Natural grass inevitably develops dead spots and bare patches due to play time and the activities of pets and wild critters. Add rain and you get mud and crud that make their way into your home day after day on family feet and paws, all season long. Excess rain and poor drainage also combine to produce standing puddles and, eventually, erosion of your topsoil. That’s bad news for your yard, the environment, and your home’s appearance. With artificial grass, the news is always good.

 

No wonder faux grass is such a big benefit during the rainy season.

 

And if there is no “rainy season” this year?

So what? Artificial grass offers all the same benefits during the dry season. Or the “off” seasons.

  • No mess. With families spending more time outdoors in nice weather, the opportunities to track in dirt, debris, and grass clippings increase exponentially. But not if you have fake grass.
  • No fuss. While your unlucky friends and neighbors are spending their warm weather weekends mowing, trimming, applying chemicals, and all those other tedious lawn maintenance chores, you can hit the golf course. Or buff up your short game on your own backyard putting green – artificial grass is ideal for more than lawns, you know. Not a golfer? You can always hang out around the pool. Or thrill the dog by actually playing fetch with her for a while.
  • No endlessly recurring expenses associated with lawn care (not to mention watering).

 

And even if we do get a rainier-than-normal season this year, we haven’t fully recovered from the long years of drought. Maybe we never will. But as we said, with artificial grass, the news is always good. You needn’t worry about the weather, because it doesn’t matter. You’ll have good looking grass, ready for prideful viewing and family play. Every day of the year, regardless of the weather.

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