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How to Reduce Your Lawn

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Allen Smith is usually telling us to plant this or prune that, but in this report he's telling us NOT to plant...

What not to plant -

Allen Smith is usually telling us to plant this or prune that, but in this report he's telling us NOT to plant something. Sound strange? Then take a look at this video!

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How to Reduce you lawn

Over the years as my garden has continued to evolve, I’ve made a concerted effort to look for ways to reduce the amount of lawn I have to care for. I’ve done this by creating different types of garden paths using a variety of materials such as this gravel or brick or even just fieldstone or mulch. However, I’d have to admit that one of the most compelling reasons for me to reduce lawn is it gives me more opportunities to create beautiful flowerbeds like this one. However, it really goes beyond the beauty of these flowers, it’s about the environment. Did you know that in America each year we mow over 25 million acres of lawn? That’s the size of the state of Pennsylvania . If you think about the number of mowers it would take to cut this much grass you can see it can have quite an impact on the environment. You see, more than 89 million small gasoline engines are operated in the United States each year. The reason this is such a big problem is that these gas powered small engines aren’t equipped with the same pollution controlling devices that we have with automobiles. Of course the good news is in the next few years we can begin seeing more rigorous environmental standards for lawn and garden equipment. But until then I’m going to keep looking for ways to reduce the amount of lawn in my garden. If you’d like more information on environmentally friendly ways to garden just check out my website. From the garden, I'm Allen Smith. P. Allen Smith Gardens® Copyright 2000 - Hortus, Ltd.

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Over the years as my garden has continued to evolve, I made a concerted effort to look for ways to reduce the amount of lawn I have to care for I have done this by creating different types of garden paves. Using a variety of materials such as this gravel or brick or even just filled stone or mulch however I have to admit that one of the most compelling reasons for me to reduce lawn is it gives me more opportunities to create beautiful flowerbeds like this one. However, it will really go beyond the beauty of this flowers it is about the environment. Did you know that in America each year we mowed over 25 million Acers of lawn that is the size of the state of Pennsylvania? If you think about the number of mowers that we take to cut this smooth grass you can see it could have a quite an impact on the environment. You see more than 89 million small gasoline engines are operated in the United States each year the reason this is such a big problem is that this gas powered small engine are not equip with the same pollution controlling devices that we have with automobiles. Of course, the good news is in the next few years we can begin seeing more rigorous environmental standards for lawn and garden equipment. But until then I am going to keep looking for ways to reduce the amount of lawn in my garden. If you like more information on environmentally friendly ways to garden just check out my web site from the garden I am Allan Smith.

If you would like more information on this topic or any other gardening topic just check out my website PAllenSmith.com.

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