From lawn to native yard

By: MICHELE CHANDLERPublished: July 31, 2010 San Jose homeowner Joanne Curme was tired of her lawn and its never-ending cycle of mow-weed-water-repeat.  Kim Tarman of San Ramon longed for a yard with vibrant colors.  And Arvind Kumar of San Jose had had it with broken sprinkler heads and dead splotches of lawn.  All three ditched [...]