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  • Polyculture Lawn Benefits: How Earth-Friendly Turf Helps You

    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…

  • How Do You Weed The Yard By Hand?

    How Do You Weed The Yard By Hand?

    Many folks seem surprised when I tell them I weed the yard by hand. I guess they assume I spray. Or that I’m using some kind of weed killer service because that’s how they keep weeds tamped back in their yards. This isn’t to say I only pull weeds by hand. Sometimes I’ll make a…

  • What’s The Onion Or Garlic Smell In My Yard?

    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…