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How Much Oxygen did Your Car Produce Today?
Lawns are incredible oxygen making machines. A 25 square foot area of grass will supply enough oxygen to support one person for a day. A lawn area 50′ x 50′ will produce enough oxygen for the daily needs of a … Continue reading
Lawns and the Air that we Breathe
We would not live long in a world without oxygen. Our very survival depends on it. The next time you are watching your grass grow, take a moment to consider how valuable it is to our air quality. Through the … Continue reading
Our lawns help to cool the environment
The cool sensation of walking barefoot through the grass is very real. Temperatures on lawn surfaces can be 10 to 14 degrees cooler than on concrete or asphalt. Green spaces can play a big role in modifying temperatures and controlling … Continue reading
A Green Investment with Real Value
–> With a real estate market like we have today, focusing on exterior renovations like landscaping may well be the best way to increase a home’s value. With properties staying on the market for longer periods of time, enhancing “curb … Continue reading
Do you want to water less?
Your lawns ever-increasing need for more water may be a sign of poor soil conditions. One way to use less water in maintaining lawn areas is to improve the water holding capacity of the soil. The water holding capacity of … Continue reading
Get off the Clock!
It is estimated that close to 50% of the water used by homeowners is used to water landscapes, of which a large part is put on our lawns. It has also been estimated that 20% to 80% of what is … Continue reading
FEED ME!
It’s time to make that first application of lawn fertilizer for the Fall. To have a green and healthy lawn requires that we follow one of the basic fundamentals of lawn care; fertilize on a regular basis. As a general … Continue reading
Grass survival in a drought
Drought-Resistant Grasslands | Cool Green Science: The Conservation Blog of The Nature Conservancy Written by Joseph Craine and Joe Fargione, Published on August 16th, 2012 | Discuss This Article, Joseph Craine is a research assistant professor at Kansas State University. Joe … Continue reading
Mow it high and leave it lie
We humans produce a lot of trash. Our landfills are running out of space. It is estimated that up to 18% of trash hauled to the landfill each year is yard waste, and 75% of it is composed of grass … Continue reading
The grass will tell us when to water
Listen to your Mother; Mother Nature that is. The fact is most lawns are overwatered. We need to listen to what nature is telling us. We have become too dependent on our sprinkler systems, not observing what is really going … Continue reading
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