Sammy devoured so much grass and shrubbery at the family's home in Turlock, Calif.

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Newbury Park resident Paul Whyte told CNN's Piers Morgan his home was spared, while nine acres of shrubbery were burned.

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To help avoid compaction around tree and shrubbery, Reeves recommends mulching.

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City code says that all unpaved portions of the site shall be planted with grass or ground cover or shrubbery or other suitable live plant material.

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And so it was that thigh-high glittering golden boots and body bronzer were brought to the table and a beautiful woman draped herself among some African shrubbery.

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Many months later on a winter night, as Hena's sister Alya told it, Hena was walking from her room to an outdoor toilet when Mahbub Khan gagged her with cloth, forced her behind nearby shrubbery and beat and raped her.

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And with a little judicious planning ahead of time to raise the plastic in the middle of the yard so the water runs out to the sides into the shrubbery and gutters and things like that, you can conceivably keep the ground dry.

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Scenes from Revolution are replete with visuals of the famous Wrigley Field covered in shrubbery, overgrown cities, burnt out cars, and characters who fight their way through militia members in order to save the ill-fated continent in what seems to resemble a future where The Road meets The Book of Eli.

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