Grass

giving you an appealing yard. This is done with a careful combination of plant selection, plant placement, mulching and cutting back on grass lawn areas. The ideal situation is to create a yard that doesn’t ever need you to water it. At a practical level, that’s not always possible. Choices about new plants, types of mulch, and whether to retain any existing grass will all determine to your final water needs. The odds are good that you’ll need some level of irrigation, but at a drastically reduced

Lawn Pesticides and Chemicals Recently, the use of lawn pesticides and chemicals has grown enormously with home owners and golf course management in hope of attaining "the perfect turf." However, the negative effects that are associated with attaining ones "dream turf" is primarily caused by the direct use of pesticides and chemicals. The chemical pesticide industry fails to address these issues and has made every effort to keep this information from the public. Herbicides and pesticides are

My heart was pounding out of my chest as I walked through the frigid, pitch-black forest alone. I could hear was the sound of the night wind blowing against the trees, crickets chirping in the tall grass all around me, the stream flowing peacefully on my right, and my unsteady breath, which seemed like the loudest. I walked, step by step, along a path I could barely make out. Am I going off the trail? I questioned myself, and kept walking through the silent forest. I was on my first, and only solo-night

Artificial turf fields have become more popular over the course of the 2nd half of the 20th Century till the present day. Since they have become so popular, they have been studied closely to see what the differences are between them and natural grass fields. And in the last few years, these sorts of fields have gained a lot of scrutiny for their un-healthy surface and the cost of installing them. But with any disadvantages comes some advantages. Synthetic, athletic turf

“NO! NOOOO!! GET AWAY FROM ME!!” I said as I jumped over the silver wire fence blocking me from making my escape. “THIS MAN IS COMING AT ME WITH A KNIFE!!” I screamed! “Get back here you pesky chicken!” Yelled the farmer! I was running through the farm for my life! I saw rusty silver gleaming bars in the distance. I ran towards them. I saw a huge figure hurtling across the bars. This could be my escape! I thought. I took a leap onto the large figure. He finally stopped in his tracks as I landed

Most people are not fortunate enough to have someone to weed eat there yard. That’s why I’m here to teach you how to crank your weed eater. By having your supplies, knowing your steps, and knowing a few tips you should be able to crank a weed eater easily. When getting ready to crank your weed eater, there are few supplies you need to have. The first thing you need is the weed eater. Then you need to check if there is any gas in the gas tank. If there is not that’s when you need to get

questions that will bother you when the schedule of trimming comes, but why is it so important though? What you see is what you get. Basically, people judge a person living in a house solely based on their house and the lawn is no exemption. Also, tall grass makes the lawn literally unproductive. A child nor a dog can have fun in a bushy lawn and carrying out daily tasks is such a hassle if you have obstacles along your way. It also tends to be breeding grounds for mosquitos, insects or even can hide a

Our Escape I watch the boys chunk a football around, out the kitchen window while I prepare lunch. Dani is tackling his best friend onto the ground and, for a moment, I see them as grass stained little boys again, with not a worry about war or deployment. It makes me smile. This was their escape. This was the place where, just for a little while, there was no war, no AK-47s or PT. It was my escape too, but in a different way. I didn’t need an escape from gun fire and bombs. This was my escape from

for me, it was accessible, and it taught me life lessons. My favorite place makes me feel relaxed,calm, and most importantly free. I felt a warm welcome everytime I went as if it had open arms waiting for me. The fresh cut grass was better than any candle or perfume. The grass was always

The Woods I don’t know why we thought it was such a great idea to go to the woods on a rainy day. What were we thinking? I thought ‘hey maybe we can have an adventure and explore around those woods we always pass by.’ What a horrible mistake, but I wasn’t the only one who thought that was the best idea ever at the time. It was a gloomy day, the dusty clouds taking up space from the grey sky, laying down on my comfy bed as I’m wrapped around with my blanket, I decided to