Grass Rooted

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If you decided to go with a drought-tolerant yard instead of grass and you find yourself wishing you could just mow it, you’re not alone. Lingering Grass Many people who have to remove grass from their yard in order to install a drought-tolerant landscape find out soon enough whether they got all of it out. While waiting to plant new plants, you don’t water so the grass appears dead and gone. Those grass roots sit dormant–until you are ... Read the rest of this story

Need to trim some expenses around the house? Last year the National Gardening Association launched a survey and found that in 2009, 20 percent of households spent 16 percent less money but some spent more time with their grass, vegetables and flowers. The survey showed 83 million households participated in do-it-yourself lawn and garden activities: 22 percent spent more time food gardening 19 percent spent more time flower gardening 19 percent spent more time container gardening 14 percent spent more ... Read the rest of this story

Have you ever watched A&E’s reality show “Billy the Exterminator“? Billy Bretherton is an exterminator in Louisiana. He is quite an entertaining character. Spiked hair and dark glasses–he is always decked out in black leather, metal spiked cuffs, and emblems of skulls and crossbones. He leads Vex-Con, his family-run business that helps people rid their homes of flying and crawling insects and a variety varmints, snakes, and crocodiles. In the ... Read the rest of this story

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