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Californians are getting rid of their lawns and raking in thousands
The great American lawn is not so American and not so great. These green oases are a pain to maintain and guzzle water. Californians are raking in tens of thousands of dollars in rebates to rethink the lawn and their ingenuity holds lessons for all of us.
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