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From: jma@abel.UUCP (Jeff Abrahamson)
Newsgroups: sci.bio,sci.environment
Subject: Re: Is Mowing your Lawn bad for the Environment?
Keywords: lawns, oxygen production
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Date: 7 Jun 89 23:33:27 GMT
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	Several people have debated the pros and cons of fertilizer
w.r.t. thatch.  Could someone clue me in on why you don't want thatch?

	Unless you cut your grass quite short (which wastes water in
all but the wettest areas), you shouldn't see much brown through the
green.  And thatch makes for a softer lawn.  When I walk (-->
barefoot) or lie on grass, I much prefer to see grass and thatch than
topsoil (as I do on some well-raked lawns).
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