and you rarely have to mow (Cutting Edge Grass has up to 48 inch long roots and dwarfed grass - the opposite of other grasses AND it's blend is Kentucky Bluegrass which is the most resistant against pet urine stains) and you only water your lawn once every five months.
It's not expensive, either. For a small yard such as yours, it's cost effective to seed and it's the best possible solution. Tearing out your grass and replanting with desert plants will result in excessive dust (bad for allergies - and your home) and lots of bugs you don't want around. Cutting Edge, to me, would be the best possible solution.
We're going to tear out our large front and backyards of grass and replace it with Cutting Edge Grass this spring. It's an investment of less than $200 dollars for huge water and care savings!
In order to do our part conserving water, when we shower, we turn on the water, get the body wet, turn off the water in order to soap ourselves in, then turn on the water again to rinse. Those of us in our household who have long hair (like me) wash our hair separately and use the same technique.
The result: water use in our household has dropped significantly.
Our water bill (water is very expensive in Fontana) for a household of five grown people, has dropped from a whopping $120 per month to $65 in less than four months. It will drop even more once we've established Cutting Edge Grass for our lawns and don't have to use the sprinkler system three times a week anymore. Can you imagine the water savings and conservation? 
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