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Is Perennial Peanut Really A Good Alternative To Turf Grass?
My wife and I recently discovered perennial peanut (Arachis glabrata). Or, rather, we just learned more about this awesome alternative to turf grass. It’s a versatile groundcover with ovalish leaves and distinctive school bus yellow flowers that we’ve seen for years in roadway medians, along parking lot curbs, and peeking through polyculture lawns in our…
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Polyculture Lawn Benefits: How Earth-Friendly Turf Helps You
Learning about polyculture lawn benefits led my wife and me to let Mother Nature do her thing in our yard. It may sound crazy to let native herbs, wildflowers, and many varieties of grass dominate our yard. But that’s exactly what we did. And our yard has never looked so healthy! Letting our grass become…
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Why Turning Your Yard Into A Garden Is A Good Idea
Have you been thinking about turning your yard into a garden? My wife and I have done a bit of this. It’s actually a more popular concept than you may think! Reducing your lawn area by turning your grassy spaces into gardens may take some (a lot of) sweat. But the benefits of doing this…
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What’s The Onion Or Garlic Smell In My Yard?
When my wife and I moved to Roanoke, Virginia, for a spell, I noticed a peculiar odor lingering in the air after our lawn was freshly mowed. It was an onion or garlic smell. It was something that I never noticed before at our home in Central Florida and didn’t smell like the freshly mown…