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  • And yet still we dream: of billiard-table lawns, putting-green lawns, lawns that tickle our bare feet like loop-pile carpet, free from grub or chinch bug or thistle.

    Weeding lawn myth from reality 2010

  • Their very name symbolizes gigantic homes, with fleets of SUVs in three-car garages, and fertilizer-fed expanses of putting-green lawns.

    First Sustainable New Housing Development in the Region. 2008

  • Homeowners, in the ever-expanding quest to save money -- and conserve water -- are trading in putting-green turf and clipped hedges for landscaping that is much closer to what might have been there in the first place.

    Giving Up On Grass 2010

  • Homeowners are trading in putting-green turf and clipped hedges for land scaping that is much closer to what might have been there in the first place.

    Gardening Without a Sprinkler 2010

  • Homeowners, in the ever-expanding quest to save money and water are trading in clipped hedges and putting-green turf for landscaping that is much closer to what might have grown there in the first place.

    Gardening Without a Sprinkler 2010

  • I have no desire for a putting-green backyard made out of finely manicured Bermuda grass, but I would like to create a green and healthy space.

    2009 February | Inner City Farmer 2009

  • I have no desire for a putting-green backyard made out of finely manicured Bermuda grass, but I would like to create a green and healthy space.

    Growing Grass 2009

  • But there is one part of yard care that I get right, and it carries greater rewards than weed-free flower beds or a putting-green caliber lawn: hearing protection.

    What’s that you said about mower noise? 2007

  • But there is one part of yard care that I get right, and it carries greater rewards than weed-free flower beds or a putting-green caliber lawn: hearing protection.

    What’s that you said about mower noise? 2007

  • With his putting-green scalp and Popeye-the-sailor jawline, Gruver looked like a general straight out of central casting.

    Deception Plan Patrick A. Davis 2006

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