Category: Lawns

London 2012 Olympic tennis preview: Seeds, facts and GB draws

The place is familiar: It is, after all, fewer than three weeks since the All England Club crowned its 2012 Wimbledon champions. Now the best in tennis are back to play on lawns as pristine as they were before the Championships began, only this time …
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Artificial Lawns – Where But The UK

A beautiful well mowed lawn may be desirable but during the Summer months it can keep you …
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The Best Daily Deals in York, UK – groundcare management – Lawn …

There could be tropical species as yet unknown to science living in that jungle scene outside your window — perhaps it wasn't best to leave well enough a-lawn.
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Turf Painting Spreads As Drought Ravages Lawns

In this photo taken June 27, 2012, farm worker Juan Carlos walks to an irrigated soybean field near England, Ark. The U.S. Agriculture Department has granted a disaster declaration for 69 of Arkansas' 75 counties due to the drought. (AP Photo/Danny …
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Drought sufferers spray dead and dried lawns green using lawn paint

The environmentally-friendly turf dyes, which are also used for football fields, have become a hot commodity for those in the Midwest, South, and Northeast who have been affected by this summer's erratic weather conditions. …. mally, stockton england …
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lawns Gizmodo UK

lawns – Gizmodo and its new offshoot Gizmodo UK aren't your average tech sites. Sure, we love technology and gadgets, but like any good nerdlinger, we're …
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Predicted Jet Stream Move is Good News for Gardeners, says Online Turf!

Even better than that, the turf is looking great!” With many recent news reports on the impact of the recent wet weather on the retail and particularly gardening sector, it's vital to British businesses that consumers try to make the best of the any …
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Lawn Weed I cannot identify – GardenBanter.co.uk

Googled until my eyeballs are popping but cannot identify and therefore eradicate safely.
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Turf for the Fairy Queen

The most famous evening picnic site in Britain is the garden round the Glyndebourne Opera House in Sussex. As a break from policing our lawn edgings in Oxford, I have been out to discover whether gardening round an opera house is easier than gardening …
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Star-studded day for torch relay

Yahoo! UK & Ireland Sport …. The Olympic torch is to feature on EastEnders, be carried by the one-time captain of the Starship Enterprise, and visit the hallowed lawns of Wimbledon. In a star-studded day for the flame, Sir Patrick Stewart, who played …
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Find Out How Many Goats (or Guinea Pigs) It Would Take to Mow Your Lawn

As fun as it is to cut your lawn with a riding mower, they can be expensive to operate and maintain. Even the push variety end up costing you in the manual labour department, so you might want to consider putting a team of animals to the task. But how …
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The bee orchid: nature's mimic

The question that seems to be on everyone's lips this year is whether orchids – especially bee orchids – are having a particularly good year thanks to the unseasonable dankness that has blighted the lives of us gardeners. I can't speak for the whole …
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This Drought is an Opportunity to Think About Replacing Lawns with Gardens

The Sobering Statistics. During the growing season, if lawns are watered and fertilized as recommended, we pour 238 gallons of water per person, per day onto all that turf during the growing season. …. It Gets Better from the UK Scout Association …
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'Lawn Painting' Turns Brown Yards Green In New York And New Jersey

green. The Huffington Post. Edition: U.S.. CA Canada · Québec · FR France · ES Spain · US United States · UK United Kingdom …. Business is booming, according to Joe Perazzo, who launched his lawn painting company in New York's most suburban borough …
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Seven million UK lawns lost to park cars TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk

The UK has lost also a third of its front gardens as householders paved lawns to create driveways for cars, new research from the RAC Foundation reveals.
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Thirty cows wake neighbours as they stampede across front lawns

RESIDENTS in a quiet cul-de-sac wake up to find beasts running through their gardens.
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Weather causes excessive lawn growth – 14th July 2012 Lawn UK

Weather causes excessive lawn growth – 14th July 2012. The weather that we have had so far this summer has been far from what most people were hoping for .
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Buyer found for Newport's historic Lawns Club

Newport Council is planning to buy up the 19th century Lawns Club building with a compulsory purchase order (CPO), so a developer can then buy it and restore it. Almost ten years ago it … Weybridge, Surrey. KT13 8DP|1350|Registered in England & Wales …
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Grasscourt great I don't even like it: Serena

Eurosport UK. LONDON (Reuters) – She now has five Wimbledon singles titles, has a serve that is almost unplayable on the lawns and even named her dog after one of greatest men's players to grace the surface, yet Serena Williams still says she really …
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Wimbledon begins London 2012 makeover

LONDON (Reuters) – Even before Andy Murray's Centre Court tears have dried, the All England Club is being transformed from its traditional Wimbledon championships guise into a London 2012 Olympics venue.The. … Already, the dark green canvas backstops …
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Seven million UK lawns lost to park cars

The UK has lost also a third of its front gardens as householders paved lawns to create driveways for cars, new research from the RAC Foundation reveals. Figures analysed by the RAC Foundation show around 80 per cent of Britain's 26 million homes were …
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Wimbledon 2012: Andy Murray is the new Bunny Austin – now he must bare his …

The British had waited 74 years to see a man survive until the second Sunday on the lawns of the All England Club. But it was also the start of something grander: Murray's career as a serious Wimbledon contender. That last word is important. Just …
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Andy Murray ignores Wimbledon expectation to play for himself

For three quarters of a century the All England Lawn Tennis Championships have provided an annual demonstration of a nagging national anxiety: that the British male is not quite the man he used to be. A growing and unavoidable sense of ourselves as a …
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Grasscourt great? I don't even like it: Serena

Eurosport UK. LONDON (Reuters) – She now has five Wimbledon singles titles, has a serve that is almost unplayable on the lawns and even named her dog after one of greatest men's players to grace the surface, yet Serena Williams still says she really …
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Wimbledon 2012: blood on the grass marks a refreshing power shift

guardian.co.uk, Saturday 30 June 2012 23.00 BST. Comments (…) … There is a feverish notion spreading across the quiet lawns of Wimbledon – not altogether logical but probably no bad thing – that anyone here can lose to anyone else. In the men's game …
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In Sod We Trust: Lawn Mower Racing Hall of Fame Announces 2012 Inductees …

With the support of the British Lawn Mower Racing Association, Gold Eagle founded the USLMRA to sanction and present organized lawn mower races for fairs, towns and non-profit organizations across the USA. With tongue planted firmly in cheek, the man …
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Wimbledon 2012: Novak Djokovic v Roger Federer – opposites collide in the …

The pair have had needling duels in New York and rumbustious encounters at Roland Garros but never, until Friday afternoon, have they confronted one another on the manicured lawns of the All England Club. Wimbledon 2012: Novak Djokovic v Roger …
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London 2012 Olympics: Games will feel like Wimbledon. Just very …

The process of stripping the turf from the courts and planting fresh grass seed … and Wimbledon is a mutually beneficial one: the All England Club will have a …
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UK police: Wimbledon anti-pigeon hawk stolen

Police say a hawk being used to patrol skies and deter pigeons from the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships has been stolen.
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UK police: hawk used to patrol skies and scare pigeons away from Wimbledon is …

LONDON — A hawk being used to patrol skies and deter pigeons from the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships has been stolen, police said Saturday.
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