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Ultimate Fighting: Trees vs. Turf

By Glenn Butler

Trees don’t grow on the prairie, grass doesn’t grow in the forest. That’s almost true; nature rarely lacks exceptions. Nevertheless we don’t typically see thick, verdant grasses growing in the deep shade of our eastern deciduous forest. Most suburban dwellers have never paused to think about this obvious yet overlooked fact. Our neighborhood trees are […]

Filed Under: Maintaining Healthy Trees, Root Zone Tagged With: mulching, soil, turf

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