​ Golf♥Worth▶ http://flip.it/Ge0lWL ▶ via @ flipboard  |  VIDEO https://youtu.be/MzfzzKrUKYk ​ Golf♥Worth▶now looking at 1,449 followers What is Xeriscaping? ▶ WHAT is true is that this blogger is no expert on the subject of landscaping and I claim no experience as a journalist on the topic either. But the subject  XERISCAPING GOLF COURSES .  Still, the topic becomes a common interest development when you consider that our HOA resides in the midst of a major Southern California golf attraction known as Glen Ivy (formerly Trilogy), the actual moniker for our HOA community, Trilogy Glen Ivy . ▶ Those WHO  live in the community or play golf at Trilogy well know the challenges here to maintain the golf course lakes and buffer areas that have water features or native landscaping. One lake (#16) has been bone dry for years; others are noticeably depleted. Overall, the course is in acceptable shape, but these blighted areas are a concern. ...

Rainmakers and thought leaders abound with ideas and suggestions to deal with the current California drought, but not a one of them can make rain magically appear. Instead, all that we read, for the most part, has to do with what caused the problem (too much population in an historical and perpetual arid land). Just to the left of the West Coast is an abundant supply of water, but the resolve to tap into that source with the technology we already have at our disposal is decades away and some say this will never happen.  Is that true? [ View the story "Right coast vs Left coast and 'CA Dry'" on Storify ]

One of the major perks of living in a homeowners association may soon become as extinct as the rain gauge at the local weather station. That, of course, is a reference to green lawns and common spaces that surround these communities. In fact, if there has ever been a significant perk for living in an HOA, it is the way in which these communities typically care for these green spaces. This era may soon live no more. [ALERT] April 1, 2015 - Following the lowest snowpack ever recorded and with no end to the drought in sight, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced actions that will save water, increase enforcement to prevent wasteful water use, streamline the state's drought response and invest in new technologies that will make California more drought resilient.   Read More [ View the story "Parched landscapes tarnish CA gold" on Storify ]