Did you know that a lawn mower running for one hour emits the same amount of pollution as 40 new automobiles running for one hour?Did you know that over 13 million gallons (49,210,353.4 litres) are spilled annually when filling up lawn mowers, trimmers and other landscaping power tools? That is 2 million gallons (7,570,9823.6 litres) more than was spilled from the Exxon Valdez!
Low-growing grasses such as fescue turf grasses save gas, water and fertilizer. "No Mow" grasses are usually a specially designed blend of slow-growing, fine fescue turf grasses that will: -grow to form a dense turf, -thrive in full sun or partial shade, -require little, if any, watering or fertilizing, -choke out weeds, once turf is established, -reduce mowing to once or twice a year.
There seem to be quite a few companies that sell varying "mixes" of no mow or low growing grasses. Below are a few where you can read more about their products and even order on line.
* NO MOW GRASS
* Prairy Nursuries
* Wild Flower Farm
Other sources:
- http://www.ca.uky.edu/agc/pubs/agr/agr52/agr52.htm
- OC register
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