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• List of how-to guides
  *How to care for a lawn
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• Lawn replacement
  [[Lawn]]s are usually one of the worst solutions for landscaping, environmentally ...tenance and can be more rewarding. Even just cutting down the size of the lawn will lower the impact it has.
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• White clover
  ...e availability of synthetic fertilizer. <ref name="Tukey">The Organic Lawn Care Manual'', Tukey, Storey Publishing. p 183.</ref> ...roduction of broad-leaf herbicides, white clover was more often added to [[lawn]] seed mixes than it is today, as it is able to grow and provide green cove
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• Trifolium repens
  ...e availability of synthetic fertilizer. <ref name="Tukey">The Organic Lawn Care Manual'', Tukey, Storey Publishing. p 183.</ref>
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• Lawn
  [[Image:Novice garden.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A typical lawn]] [[Image:Thecasualgardener-frontyard-veggie-garden.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A lawn replaced with a vegetable garden]]
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• Xeriscaping
  ...ural requirements are appropriate to the local climate are emphasized, and care is taken to avoid losing water to evaporation and run-off. Xeriscape<sup>T *little or no lawn mowing (which saves gas)
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• Weeds.
  ...me in the lawn the first year are usually destroyed by frequent use of the lawn-mower. ...next year in order to prevent them from gaining a mastery, but this extra care benefits the orchard at the same tune. It is, of course, far better to sow
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• Main Page
  .../b> - [[Hardiness]] - Regions - Garden environment - Outdoor cultivation - Care under glass - [[Pruning]] - Pruning groups - [[Propagation]] - Plant proble *[[Lawn replacement|Front lawn replacement]]
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• Ground Ivy
  It will form dense mats which can take over areas of [[lawn]], and thus can be considered an invasive or aggressive [[weed]]. ...ution, to be sprayed evenly over precisely {{convert|1000|sqft|sqm|-2}} of lawn "no more, no less". Note that despite being a "[[nature|natural]]" treatmen
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• List of organic gardening and farming topics
  ''[[Lawn]]care'' ''[[Pruning]] and tree care;''
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• Phyla canescens
  ...ally to persons who do not care to go to the expense of keeping up a grass-lawn. The tops sometimes freeze in the region of San Francisco, but the plants c
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• Lawn mower
  A '''lawn mower''', alternately spelled '''lawnmower''', is a device which by means o ...of the attention when it comes to air pollution, but a single gas-powered lawn mower used 45 minutes each week for a year is equal to driving 22,000 miles
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• Symphytum
  ...mulch, and can also be mulched with other nitrogen rich materials such as lawn mowings, and is one of the few plants that will tolerate the application of ...a [[scythe]] to cut the plant about 2&nbsp;inches above the ground, taking care handling it because the leaves and stems are covered in hairs that can irri
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• Drainage
  1. Maintaining well-drained areas for firm lawn surfaces. ...age unless immediately underlaid with a stratum of impervious clay. On any lawn the topography of which does not permit the ready surface run-off and the s
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• Juneberry
  ...ther species of the rose family. In the garden, they thrive under the same care as that given the apple or pear. Insects and fungous troubles are not parti ...tree or as a many-stemmed shrub, the several juneberries are all desirable lawn and park ornamentals.
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• Walks, Paths, and Driveways
  ...is a material full of interest and generally harmonizes well in garden or lawn. The stones, as a rule, should be larger if the walk or terrace is wide or The materials of such lawn-paths may be simply of turf when passage is through woods or meadows. This
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• Border
  ...rong plant-form set against a border rather than to be placed alone in the lawn without background or support. L. H. B. ...t all times. If the soil is inclined to be wet, it must be drained to take care of surplus water. A dry soil can be improved by the addition of leaf-mold,
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• Comfrey
  ...of [[Rust (fungus)|rust]] or [[mildew]]. When dividing comfrey plants take care not to spread root fragments around, or dispose of on the [[compost]] heap ...mulch, and can also be mulched with other nitrogen rich materials such as lawn mowings, and is one of the few plants that will tolerate the application of
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• Annual
  ...lks. With the latter, handsome ribbon-beds are possible, but this requires care in the selection of kinds, and as the use of the trimming shears is almost ...sown in the open garden. Moreover, the plants are likely to receive better care in these boxes, and therefore to grow more rapidly. Of course, if still ear
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• Grevillea robusta
  Care needs to be taken when planted near bushland as it can be weedy. ...- circumference of 5 ft. in 8 years." In Calif, and S. Fla. it is a street lawn tree, although the branches break easily in exposed places. When grown in t
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