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Keeping 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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The 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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Best 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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Cub Cadet Zero Turn Mower

The Cub Cadet Zero Turn Mower in the Iseries is one that I have purchased. Here is what I have found to be in the positive and negative about the Cub Cadet Zero Turn Mower.

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Continuing Grass Wars - Part II

The common Reed (which is a grass) and its many flowered head (magnified) In The Grass Wars - Part I, I briefly mentioned the on-going unofficial grass wars, as a prelude to trying to help others understand...

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How 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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Creeping Thyme77

Never 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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Clover 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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Best Electric Weed Eater Trimmer - Review

If you're shopping around for a new electric weed eater/trimmer, here are a couple you need to take a look at. First on the list is the Black and Decker Electric Weed Eater. Model: Black & Decker NST2018...

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Thyme Lawns

Creeping thyme (Thymus serpyllum) is one of the most popular lawn replacement groundcovers. Hardy and drought-resistant, creeping thymes produce small, but attractive and prolific flowers, and a pleasant...

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