daygrower Hatfield

Thanks for the tip Jami
Denise the strawberry works without too much water but the more it gets the better it does in Tampa they should do alright without irrigation.

Denise
I am in North Florida near Lake City the strawberry is one that seems to have a resistance to nematoad and just keeps on growing year after year small good berries in spring.
It was given to me by someone who had it for many years and I have had it for 4 years if you plant them on three ft. centers in spring it will be a solid mass by fall so not good for small spaces.
If you want some I will be glad to send you a few plants

I have been a lawn guy for 25 years and have always hated what is regarded as a perfict lawn.
I have seen people spend thousands of dollars a year to keep a green carpet around thier house so it will be prettier that the neighbors.
My general approch to this is either convince a new client that there are better uses for the property like making the beds bigger using ground covers or using grasses that don't need constant spraying and almost dialy watering.
We have put in some mostly edible landcapes lately and I am using a groundcover strawberry and asiatic jasmine to replace some grassy areas other plants like perrenial peanut and mimosa are looking like options but I am trying them out at my place first.
Now I am not a purist by any means I like very much the effeciency of equipment I am way to old to start using hand tools all day and I have a large area in my front yard that is bermuta grass but it never gets irrigation or spray and only gets mowed once a month and looks great if I had a more conventional type grass that would not be the case.

Pam
Those are good points thanks
The problem with the tarps is they are used and they are not all the same I went through 3 tarps to get the one for my pond  you can clearly see the any holes if you put them up to the light I faced the sun and walked under the tarp looking very closely to see holes and one passed the test.
As far as the roof goes I doubt I would use them as the primary water barrier on my house roof but as a layer of protection on a house or as a primary barrior on a shed or barn I think would work I wouldn't worry too much about them degrading if they were protected from sun.
Roots I don't know

I used a billboad tarp to make a small pond it has held water for 3 years now.
I called the billboard company in my area and they had them in a warehouse for $10.00 each most are 14x40 I think.
I also used a piece on a chicken coop and it worked good.
I am wondering if they would work for a living roof?

I have a landscape maintanece business in north Florida and everything comes home with me to be used as mulch or compost.
I was burning the larger stuff once a year untill I read about how to make the beds from logs and larger branches and it has been about 8 months sence I burned so I have a lot to work with.
Over winter I will start a couple of 100 ft beds in an area that has a slight slope to it.
It is great I get paid to haul on average a 16x6x4 trailor full of yard waist a week.