it's a beatiful yard 

not sure if you're familiar with a plant called "stork's beak" ? there are few yards entirely made of "stork's beak". stuff dries up when there's no water and comes back when there is. So it's kind of deceiving in the fall the yards are basically dirt with some weed looking crap on top, but come springtime holy shit it's green and lush. some mow it, other continue to water. but it's a weed so left alone it will populate the yard.

and still with limited rain people still grow lawns here.