Turning a brown thumb green

As Wendy & I progress on cleaning up the front & back yards from dead grass & weeds, we start gathering ideas on how we want it all to look eventually. Desert landscaping sounds appealing, especially using plants that live on little to no water. I came up with an idea to use some desert grass as a hedge/fence for the front yard. I gathered up some seeds from an existing plant and I am going to see what develops in what I feel is a test stage. If I can successfully grow the stuff from a seed, we might move forward with the idea and get some wanted growth and color going in the front yard.