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Lawn Mowing Basics

A push lawn mower

Lawn mowing is one of the essential cultural practices of healthy lawn care

Lawn mowing is often regarded as the single most important step in proper lawn care. Poor lawn cutting practices can severely damage a lawn and promote the spread of weeds and harmful insects. In the same respect, mowing can help your grass out-compete unwanted plants and can provide a neatly manicured look that may even boost property value.

 

Water Gardening With Koi

Serene koi pond

Koi are the perfect addition to any water garden

Koi have been a mainstay of water gardens for almost two hundred years. The earliest records suggest that rice farmers in Japan noticed that some of the carp growing in the rice fields were more colorful than others. Soon the farmers began capturing uniquely colorful specimens and raised them for breeding purposes. Believe it or not, Koi are actually a hybrid species of the common carp!

 

Did You Know...?

Correctly placed trees can reduce a household's heating and cooling bill by almost 25% over the course of a year. A mature tree can also have an appraised value of between $1,000 and $10,000.

-Council of Tree and Landscape Appraisers


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