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Organizers of a new talent show called Britain's Most Talented Pet say they have found a dog that can mow the lawn and play the piano. The Ultimate Pet Show competition organizers said Hope the German shepherd can place his front paws on a lawn mower's handle and push the machine along like a human operator, The Daily Telegraph reported Friday. The 4-year-old dog reportedly is a canine wiz when it comes to pianos, as well, a skill that helped Hope win April 2008's National Pet Month honors....
Quick tips for gorgeous grass this spring and summer MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Spring is here, and with some simple maintenance now, your lawn can be in top shape in no time. TruGreen, the nation's largest professional lawn care services provider, offers these simple guidelines to help get your lawn geared up for summer. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090217/CL71531LOGO ) Rake the matted grass to remove the dead top growth and to allow new grass shoots to...
Helping Homeowners Take Better Care of Their Lawn Square MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- As Americans spend more time enjoying their lawns, research shows they're looking for environmentally responsible ways to care for their little square of the Earth*. TruGreen, the world's largest lawn care services provider, is going greener today with its debut of Targeted Lawn Care(SM) (TLC) to address customers' specific lawn care needs. To view the Multimedia News Release, go to:...
ATLANTA, March 16 /PRNewswire/ -- In today's economy, every penny counts. That's why SYNLawn (www.SYNLawn.com), the definitive authority on synthetic grass, is now helping consumers save up to 70% on their water bill by offering the only total solution-based artificial grass systems in the market. "Our synthetic grass systems transform a previously high maintenance, costly lawn into an easy to maintain, water-saving show piece," said George Neagle, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for...
What to do first for gorgeous grass this spring MEMPHIS, Tenn., Feb. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Your outdoor living room, your playground, your sanctuary. Approximately 84 million Americans participate in their own lawn care, transforming their lawns into a relaxing oasis to enjoy family, friends and the warmer weather. With spring right around the corner, TruGreen, the nation's leading professional lawn care provider, offers simple guidelines to help get your lawn in top shape fast. (Logo:...
A British elementary school principal said she banned soccer on the school's lawn to protect the school from the costs of damaged grass. Kath Coyle, head teacher at England's Aintree Davenhill school, said the soccer ban is aimed at preventing the school from having to pay hundreds of dollars to replace grass ruined by playing sports, the Liverpool Echo reported Monday. Coyle said the ban, which has been sharply criticized by parents and anti-obesity campaigners, will be lifted when the...
By BARRY FUGATT Consider this. It takes the same time and energy to mow an ugly, weedy lawn as it does to mow a lush and healthy one. Therefore, since we're going to mow either way, it only makes sense to keep the lawn green and pretty. And I want to teach you how to do that with a minimum of expense and labor. On Wednesday from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Tulsa Garden Center, 2435 S. Peoria Ave., I'll teach a class on lawn establishment and care. In this class you'll learn which grasses are...
By Larisa Brass, The Knoxville News Sentinel, Tenn. Jul. 29--LAWNS TURN GREEN -- NOT JUST IN COLOR: These days, keeping a green lawn can refer as equally to its state of environmental friendliness as to its color. Green lawn care spans all aspects of maintaining yards and gardens, from the plants one chooses to maintenance practices to products and equipment -- believe it or not, those old-fashioned, muscle-powered push mowers are seeing a revival. Sam Rogers, associate professor...
By Marty Hair Homeowners struggling to grow grass under mature shade trees wage a losing battle. Each spring, they scuff up the spots where the lawn is missing or thin, then scatter new topsoil and grass seed. They water. The grass seed germinates. But before long, the bare spots are back. Big trees, especially shallow-rooted ones like some maples, cast dense shade, making it difficult to impossible for grass to survive underneath. In addition, the trees' roots soak up most of the...
By Zoe Elizabeth Buck, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Jul. 22--With restrictions on watering still stringent in many Triangle communities, keeping lawns green can be a challenge -- especially as temperatures rise. But a lawn doesn't have to be green to be healthy, explained Dan Bowman, associate professor of crop science at N.C. State University. Bowman tends a lawn of his own at the corner of Tryon and Lake Wheeler roads in Raleigh. His lawn, at the Lake Wheeler field...
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The Great Basin shrub steppe ecoregion, located within the Deserts and xeric shrublands Biome, incorporates a variety of xeric shrub-steppe sub-ecoregions in the area of the Great Basin in the Western United States. It’s within the North American Desert area, and includes a great deal of Nevada, northeastern and eastern California east of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Range rain shadows, and some parts of Utah and Idaho. The Great Basin Desert and semi-arid non-desert xeric shrubland...
The Semi-arid Pampas, alternatively known as the Dry Pampas, is a temperate grassland ecoregion located in central Argentina. The Semi-arid Pampas cover an area of 126,000 square miles, including western Buenos Aires Province, southern Cordoba and San Luis Provinces and most of La Pampa Province. The area is, in all, a home to no more than a million people, who normally enjoy some of the nation’s lowest poverty rates. Not dissimilar to the more humid pampas to the east, the area is...
The Kazakh Uplands, known also as the Kazakh Hummocks, is a large peneplain formation that stretches throughout the central and eastern regions of Kazakhstan. It’s made up of low mountain oases and elevated plains, and contains large deposits of coal within the north and copper within the south. Rare species, such as the Asiatic Cheetah, may still reside in this region. Several notable cities, including the country’s capital, Astana, are located there. A portion of the Kazakh Uplands...
The Mongolian-Manchurian grassland ecoregion, known also as the Mongolian-Manchurian Steppe, located in the temperate grassland Biome, is found in Mongolia, the Chinese Autonomous region of Inner Mongolia and northeastern China. The grassland covers an area of 342,600 square miles. This Palearctic temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands ecoregion of the Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands Biome, creates a large crescent around the Gobi Desert, stretching across central...
Overgrazing occurs when plants are unprotected to intensive grazing for extended periods of time, or without enough recovery periods. It can be a result of either livestock in poorly managed agricultural applications, or by overpopulations of native or non-native wild animals. Overgrazing reduces the usefulness, biodiversity, and productivity of the land and is one cause of desertification and erosion. It’s also considered to be a cause of the spread of invasive species of non-native...
