Lawns: Grass isn't always greener

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Flickr photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/booleansplit/2424643392/">Robert S. Donovan</a>.Flickr photo by Robert S. Donovan.

Conventional real estate wisdom puts a lot of faith in curb appeal as an important characteristic of a lovely and desirable home. And a crucial component of that curb appeal is of course the traditional lush lawn in the front yard. Small or large, square or rectangular, flat or hilly, that patch of green grass is the ultimate desire of homebuyers everywhere -- or so goes the usual thinking.

But is the lush lawn now on its way out of style?

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