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Green Brown Lawn
Manicured grass requires a lot of water and, often, chemicals to keep it green. Now, some homeowners are undoing their lawns and making the new green brown.
Writer Pat Priest of Athens, Georgia isn’t interested in keeping up with the Joneses. In fact, while her neighbor is busy tending to his sodded lawn, Priest has been undoing her grass, and putting down layers of recycled paper and mulch.