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About me: I posted this story on the Lawn Care forum....
I read story in the news about the annual convention of the Linguistic Society of America which is where the top phrase of 2004 is selected. Dennis Preston, a professor of linguistics at Michigan State University submitted the phrase "Lawn Mullet". The term "lawn mullet" as he submitted it describes a lawn that is neatly mowed in the front but unmowed in the back. Never really thought about a yard as a hairstyle. But that's funny.

My zone is: Zone 7 - NC
GardenWeb Member: ncgreenthumb - March 31, 2004
Commented: 1000's of dead bumblebees I sure could have used a few of those bees this year. My watermelon and cantaloupe patch has seen 1 bee that I know of this summer. I've resorted to hand pollinating. I'm shocked and dismayed by the l...
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Commented: NC peeps, a question. Between Thanksgiving and the first week of December. Depends on the weather during those weeks. I fert twice in the fall, the other being during the overseeding in late September.
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Commented: Lawn wackos in NC ,,, Jim, Nothing that I can put a finger on. I put down TTTF. I do think the grass has taken longer to get strong. The seed germinated in the 7-10 days however the grass seems more limp that in years past...
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