I live in the desert so I got interested in finding alternatives to the traditional turf grasses like KBG. KBG is the best choice for a cool season lawn in most cases, but I wanted to find something that required less water.

Where I live, we get nearly all of our water as snow and usually get less than an inch of water a month from June through August. Precipitation levels that would be considered severe drought in most of the US would be considered unusually wet years here.

The key to a successful organic lawn program is the soil.  It must be alive with wide variety of beneficial microorganisms and bugs.  Beneficial microbes both feed and protect the plants from other, disease-causing bacteria and fungi.  All the organic gardener does is feed the beneficial microbes and let them do their work.  Beneficial microorganisms include bacteria and fungi found in finished compost.  There are two ways to get the benefit from compost.