The three-quarter-acre lot has an expansive grass lawn and views of the surrounding hills.

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Reeves cautions not to use clear plastic tarps, which can actually cook the grass on a lawn if left out for a day or two.

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"Compaction is the biggest enemy of lawn grass, " said Reeves, a retired horticultural agent of the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service, who now hosts radio and television shows about lawn and garden interests.

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She was on the ground floor, her bed so close to the window that I could watch her chest rise and fall the way I watched the grass on their lawn stirring in the wind.

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Less likely to pay off are garage renovations: Extra space for the lawn mower and grass seeder doesn't register with most buyers.

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Lawn and golf-course grass will be tougher, trees more resistant to drought, or adapted to clean up contaminated soil.

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The lawn is a soft carpet of diamond zoysia grass perfect for yoga with a hot tub and an icy plunge pool.

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In every ocean-facing room are large windows showcasing the view, which the couple enhanced by raising their lawn by 4 feet, so that the grass and the sea appear to touch in the distance and cars driving by disappear.

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Scotts Miracle-Gro, an American lawn-care firm, recently announced that it is developing genetically engineered strains of grass that are pest-proof and that grow so slowly that they may require no mowing.

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