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Get Rid Of Thatch Over the course of the year, thatch develops on your yard. Thatch is essentially the layer of material that breaks down and builds up between the ground and your grass. Although some thatch is okay, too much thatch can prevent water from reaching the roots of your grass and can suffocate your grass over time. At least once a year you should remove all the thatch from your lawn. If you don't have very much thatch on your lawn, raking your yard is an effective way to remove any

my childhood like if I was five years old again; it was the best time of my life, getting woken up by the sound of the lawn mower. My dad was always up early, working at the farm. The smell of fresh cut grass

Annotated Bibliography: Chaparral Resource 1: Literature Review Fenn ME, Allen EB, Weiss SB, Jovan S, Geiser LH, Tonnesen GS, Johnson RF, Rao LE, Gimeno BS, Juan F, Meixner T, and Bytnerowicz A. “Nitrogen critical loads and management alternatives for N-impacted ecosystems in California.” Journal of Environmental Management 91(12): 2404-2423. This paper reveals the relationship between critical loads of nitrogen on seven most common types of vegetation (annual grassland, coastal sage scrub, desert

dart back and forth. Dad slows down, which makes Ikha and me slow down, and he grabs Mom’s arm. “Tseda, please, calm down.” After a moment, she nods and we begin a slow descent. The clearing has two fallen cedar like a cross and is coated in tall grass, an excellent place to hide. We sit down in the dirt up against one of the fallen cedars. Dad and Ikha inspect the wood while the three of us massage each other’s backs. Ikha pulls off a strip of bark and brings it to me. “Feel it,” he says. It’s

As the morning slowly dawns and the sun begins to beam through the light boxes on the top of the spacious classrooms, the tables and chairs begin to glow. Around the edge of the child’s playground the golden and red leaves begin to whistle in the wind like the sound of a child’s toy, whilst the sound of the crying babies echoes through the grounds of Big Bird Primary School as if it were a stuck record. When the children have arrived and the playground has began to fill

I set off on a sunny Saturday morning with my dad to purchase 5 pots and a pack of wildflower seeds at my local garden store. The smell of fresh and spring like air lifted me up a little as I strolled through the aisles. With my dad’s experience of gardening, I brought him along to assist me and tell me what is useful. After gathering all the necessary materials like soil, seeds, and pots I headed over to the cash register. I gave the cashier a $20 that I made babysitting the day before. I arrived

been found to be beneficial is controlled burning. Controlled burning can help improve rangelands for both livestock and wildlife if managed properly. This is done by burning an area which kills undesirable woody species, giving desirable, native grass species a chance to bounce back, as they can be choked out by these competing woody species. Controlled burning can also have negative effects as well if managed improperly. If controlled burns are managed properly, the overall

An intriguing setting is crucial to a successful story. When a book or story does not have a proper setting the reader is going to be uninterested and unimpressed. Usually when a reader is uninterested or unimpressed with the reading, they will put in down and not finishing reading. The goal of any writer should be to make the reader visually picture their story or book. When a reader can visualize the story, they tend to be entertained with the reading and finish to the end. Writers have to bring

explained how there family are in need of money and they needed to pay there rent. So timothy asked if he could mow your lawn for $10. The neighbor said yes with a happy voice. The lady said to be careful because there are a lot of pointy stuff on the grass. Timothy ran into the

The poem “Ponder” by Cereal Abraham tells the story of a bird atop a mountain who ponders about a better life where the world fascinated him. It occurs to the bird that it cannot change it’s physical state, so the bird changes its mental state and slips into a dream. In this dream the bird dreamed about a world that was no longer barren, but full of life and beauty. Feeling dejected and jealous of his dream, the bird finally awoke to the same desolate world it had always existed in. In “Ponder” Cereal