My mom downsized her house a few years back, and her biggest thing she didn’t want was a lot of grass to have to cut, take care of, etc. This seems to be a common idea for people who are 65+ in age. Check out what she did!

This was her yard before:

Check it out about a year ago:

Check it out now!

She put down cardboard to cover the grass, and then she put gravel/pinestraw over the cardboard. Check out some of the preparation in order to get to this point: