March 25 -Growing a lawn

Posted March 25, 2010 11:48 am.

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As Gardening Specialist Mark Cullen crosses the country, talking with Canadian gardeners, he sensed some kind of conspiracy against the lawn, that it’s somehow environmentally irresponsible to grow one. The truth is, your lawn is like a potato. It’s what you put on it that changes its nature.

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