California Gardening: What are you doing about California's water situation?, 1 by Wifeygirl

Wifeygirl wrote:
Thanks SingingWolf! I'm glad you like the don't-bring-down-the-neighborhood plan LOL.

I mentioned the idea of letting it die to one neighbor, and he said "as long as it doesn't turn into a dust bowl." He indicated another neighbor of ours who has let theirs die. However they have no other landscaping plants whatsoever, so it does look like an unkempt home. My hope is that if I keep the other areas planted and green using gray water and occasional hand watering, and do my plan with the wheelbarrow, hopefully I'll avoid the dustbowl effect.

I meant to add a picture of the lawn to say goodbye to, below. Goodbye gorgeous blanket of green!

So here's something my hubby brought up after I posted last night. He has given me leave to do whatever I want, but he said that it might look bad to have a dead lawn with "Brown for California" surrounded by a lush overflowing green garden. What do you think? If you saw a dead lawn with that sign, surrounded by tons of thirsty plants, would you think that the owner was being hypocritical?