Lawns

Somehow I feel that allowing the surviving descendants of the victims of the conquistadors to come here and mow our lawns is the least we can do ... ❋ Unknown (2009)

Whether it's Boston, St. Louis or 'Mayberry;' behind the manicured lawns is an ugly, undemocratic underbelly. ❋ Jeanine Molloff (2010)

In the East, run-off from these lawns is killing the Chesapeake and numerous other fragile watersheds. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Hope and the future for me are not in lawns and cultivated fields, not in towns and cities, but in the impervious and quaking swamps. ❋ Unknown (1969)

If there are bare places in lawns or grass paths, sow grass seed about the twentieth of September, then roll, and the grass will be well rooted before cold weather. ❋ Unknown (1903)

Mushrooms may be made to grow in lawns, by procuring some bricks of mushroom spawn, and, after breaking them into pieces about an inch or two inches square, burying these pieces by raising a little of the turf wherever the mushrooms are wished to grow, and placing the spawn under it. ❋ Jane (1845)

The shorts, sleeveless shirts and tanning lotions are tucked away in favor of jeans, light jackets and fashionable sweaters; and the summer leaves, green and lively as they took residence on branches when the weather was warm, have turned brown and now call the lawns and the city sidewalks home. ❋ William Fredrick Cooper (2011)

There are well-known grand meets in England, in the parks of noblemen, before their houses, or even on what are called their lawns; but these magnificent affairs have but little of the beauty of which I speak. ❋ Unknown (1993)

We had a very busy winter together altering all the beds, for they none of them had been given a soil in which plants could grow, and next autumn I intend to have all the so-called lawns dug up and levelled, and shall see whether I cannot have decent turf here. ❋ Elizabeth Von Arnim (1903)

The great house was thrown open, and on the lawns was a crowd of handsomely dressed men and women, drinking tea at little tables set under the trees and among the shrubbery. ❋ Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr (1875)

Collected water can be used to water plants and lawns, which is a boon if you're a gardener who often has to contend with no-water drought restrictions and the fear of a shriveled, brown landscape. ❋ Unknown (2009)

One of the best sources of information concerning how to achieve intelligent management of our lawns is the Northeast Organic Farming Association Connecticut Chapter's information Web site on organic lawn care.

When it comes to lawns, which is better for the environment: real or fake? ❋ Unknown (2008)

A mushroom is a fungus that grows on wet, moist surfaces such as lawns, dead tree trunks, fences and wooded areas. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Federal agricultural subsidies already pay people to water their lawns, provided they grow corn and their "lawns" are really big. ❋ Ann Althouse (2009)

The Commonwealth Games park which would be developed by the civic body at a cost of Rs. 92.66 lakh would boast all essential components of a park such as lawns, wooded area having trees and garden features such as hedges, shrubs and flowerbeds. ❋ Unknown (2010)