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Old 07-30-2013, 08:17 PM   #31 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by jray3 View Post
Odds are it's not too late in the summer to do what I did, and pick up free high -quality astroturf from a high school football field renovation. Fields all over the northwest are changing over to the longer-staple turf with swept-in rubber granules. My side yard (with two trailers and two project cars) has been carpeted this way for three years now, and I love it! For your front lawn, you might not want hash marks and 10 yard lines, but a good referral to an installer could locate a surplus roll of virgin turf on the cheap.

I also managed to get a piece of the new turf large enough to park my car on top of at shows- really sets off the display!
I had been eyeballing some turf from the Tacoma area on Craigslist. Don't remember how much it was going for, but used might not be a bad way to go. Plus, if I don't like it, then I'll have wasted less money when I go to rip it out.

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