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From: ajw@stout.cis.ufl.edu (Andy Wilcox)
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Subject: Re: Is Mowing your Lawn bad for the Environment?
Keywords: lawns, oxygen production
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Date: 31 May 89 15:01:24 GMT
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In article <24792@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> potency@violet.berkeley.edu (Tom Slone) writes:
>
>The net loss to the environment has already happened when the lawn was
>installed in the first place:

There are some important steps you can follow to make things better
for the environment.  

 * If you mow your lawn, don't use a gasoline powered mower.
 * If possible, blow your grass over your yard, and let it decompose
   there.  Raw grass contains a sizeable portion of nitrogen that is
   returned to soil by this method.  Leaving grass on the lawn does
   not cause thatch, which is most commonly caused by over
   fertilization. 
 * If you bag your grass, be sure to compost it, and spread it back
   over your yard in the next season.  Again, your lawn will love the
   nitrogen boost.

--Andy