I would like somebody with shallow soil to mark out a seven foot by seven foot section of their
yard, dig two feet deep, and fill the space with logs and branches and dirt and whatever compostables they can find. Finishing up with a four inch layer of dirt. This
should probably be mounded pretty good, because this area is gonna sink as the compostables
compost.
Then, plant tall fescue.
After the tall fescue is established, stop watering the whole lawn.
Grass will normally go dormant in the summer, but I suspect that the tall fescue stay green all summer long (if mowed high) the second summer.