# I'm a homeowner!!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-homeowner/310582>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 30, 2005, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-homeowner/310582 "2005-06-30T19:56:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-homeowner/310582/21 "2005-07-01T19:14:34Z")

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> [@sciguy](#):
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> \<snip\>I had heard about xeriscaping, and was halfway considering it (since colorado’s such a dry area). But I’ve never really seen a real-live example of it. Sounds like something to avoid (or be very careful about who does it).  
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Please, don’t throw out the idea of a low-maintenance yard. Here in Calgary (which is pretty similiar to Colorado in a lot of ways) we have tons of yards that are low-maintenance landscaped, and they are simply gorgeous. Like **gotpasswords** mentioned, done poorly it would look like hell, but done properly, it is amazing. We have done about half our front yard in drought-tolerant, low maintenance plants, and it looks absolutely wonderful.

This is a real hobby of mine - if you’d like to email me, please feel free. And congrats on the new house - it sounds very, very nice.

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