I would get insurance money for that, right? Or at least it would destroy the horrible deck?
Mother in Law: I can't believe how much Johnson grass I pulled up out there.
The Princess: I give up for this year.
Mother in Law: I just remember that I pulled out so much of it in the spring when Boy Detective and I would be outside on the deck.
The Princess: My new plan for the yard is for a helicopter to crash into it.
I remember when I was a teenager and my parents were in the middle of a remodel, my mom standing, sobbing, in the middle of her carpet-less living room with bare concrete floors and wailing, "I WISH IT WOULD JUST CATCH FIRE."
My plan is similar to yours. If I have some grass and plants, that is good enough, yeah?