can you mow the tiles?

i bought my place just after the summer. we said we would do the yard the following summer. our neighbours had the same brills idea...but needed to use our yard to do it...the thrills of attached homes. all this to say, summer 09 is officially the summer i get a backyard!!

it's a small yard but there is no need for grass...or well, i refuse to upkeep grass. ideally, i would love some kind of tiles...

maybe an island of tile in a sea of gravel?

or this, just cause it's so pretty...

wood might be nice too but the brutal montreal winters might be too tough on it.

or what about a nice mix, like this mess. looks like a home depot display, cram all alternatives into one, but you get the idea...