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Posts tagged “lawns”

Hot or Not? Recharge Mower

Now that McMansions are out of style, we're not sure how necessary ride mowers are going to be in the near future. But, if you do need one for some reason, an electric version makes a lot of sense. Ge...

Blogging The New Yorker: Turf Wars

We've written plenty about lawns here recently. We've advocated losing them entirely in favor of drought-tolerant, bird- and bee-friendly plants. We've suggested starting no-dig gardens over a patch...

Las Vegas' Water Smart Landscapes Program

This is interesting and, although it's been going on since 1999, we only recently heard about it for the first time: The Las Vegas Valley Water District is paying its residents to rip up their lawns...

Blogging the SF Chronicle: The Artificial Grass isn't Green Enough for Potrero Hill Neighbors

In San Francisco a battle rages between proponents of real grass and proponents of artificial turf. Right now, it appears that real grass is winning. As many of us know, real lawns use up an inordi...