YES, I would like to eliminate grass and fertilizer altogether.

Does anyone know of an affordable, artificial turf product and installer?

Is there another "real" grass product that grows slower and lower than St. Augustine, doesn't require as much fertilizer or mowing, and would survive well in Satellite Beach if watered with salty well water? Golf course fairway texture and color would be fine.

Considerations:

1) I like green!

2) I've seen some nice artificial turf, and might use it in small patches, but at $8 per square foot installed (quotes I got), I can't afford to use it everywhere. (0.25 acre corner lot, plus median strips front and side).

3) I'm already planning to do about $10K in pavers.

4) I don't want pea gravel (or tennis-ball-sized river rocks that will fly in a hurricane)

5) I don't like the crushed shell/sand, because it's ugly and sticks to your feet. Still might use it in a few patches.

6) I will be doing mulch in most of the landscaped areas.


Any brilliant ideas, recommendations?

Thanks in advance.