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90Never Mow Your Yard Again
Today, just about everyone is looking for ways to reduce their expenses, yet almost four hundred years ago, Francis Bacon wrote in his An Essay of Gardens (1625) one answer to a substantial savings to most...
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88Clover Lawns
As water and energy prices rise, many people are seeking alternatives to the traditional, thirsty, labor intensive American lawn. One of the most popular lawn alternatives is white clover (Trifolium repens),...
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84Keeping Your Lawn Green in the Winter - Winter Grasses
If you are one of those people who hats seeing the dead, brown grass in the fall and winter season, you may want to consider mixing up your grass a little because it is possible to have a gree lawn year...
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83Choosing an Alternative Lawn
Alternative lawns can range from a traditional bluegrass or bermuda grass lawn managed organically, to alternative turf grasses or groundcovers, to a full-scale habitat restoration or permaculture project, with many options in between.
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79Best Ground Cover Plants for Lawn
The lawn is commonly found in the front part of the house. Most homeowners take pride in having immaculately green grass on their lawns. A small fortune is invested on fancy sprinklers and lawn mowers for proper maintenance of the lawn. Lately, most lawns are being sacrificed due to shortage of funds. Lawn grasses are left to grow tall and unruly because mowing is not a weekly routine anymore. Or the grasses die because water is being conserved, too.
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80How to Treat Pet Stains on Your Lawn
It can be frustrating for anyone who has a pet, whether cat or dog, when you begin to notice holes in your lawn. No not holes from digging, but holes of dead grass. Yellow grass is very unattractive to the...
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78Zoysia Lawns
Zoysia is one of the most popular alternative lawn grasses to the common Bermuda grass and Kentucky blue grass. Native to southeast Asia, China, and Japan, it grows very well across most of the southern one...
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76The Grass Wars - Part I
Realize it or not, here in Florida, many of us live in a grass war zone. The war unofficially declared back when speculative investors and contractors got together and decided to rape the land for all it's...
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71How to Grow Grass From Seeds
For those homeowners who pride themselves on their lush green lawns, a hole or dead spot may be a little discouraging. I, for one, like to look out the window and see bright, green grasses versus dull, brown...
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74Why Buy Fake Grass?
So how is fake grass supposed to beautify your home? If you drive down a typical block of homes, one of the first things you notice, besides the house itself, is the lawn out in the front of the house. The...
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