Wise Grass - DR Stoltzfus

Pull the Trigger

Marlena begged me to delete the wall between the living room and kitchen several years back. I ignored her, like a good husband would. I was good.

Good grief! What if the wall is a bearing wall? What if…

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Coconut Rum Your Leaves

If you mulch your leaves and forget about them, you might have a sour taste in your mouth next Summer and Fall. And give up on your lawn.

Composted leaves are wonderful for your lawn. Mostly.

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Aeration. More than Pampering?

Lawn aeration had always been a joke to me. A guy would come out, run over the lawn with a quickie aerator, collect his dough, and scamper to the next job. The homeowner would concede, “…I don’t know if it really helps anything – but it sure costs enough, it had BETTER help .”

I scoured articles on aeration and talked to other landscapers. Read, and re-read the features and benefits. Almost everyone agreed, aeration is great!

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Big, Small Talk

Woah! Google blurts out about 5,780,000 RESULTS for “small talk” in 0.15 seconds.
I thought this was my idea… Sorry, dude. Maybe that’s it, I’m a dude.

This is what I learned.

• You don’t have to chat up a storm, remember, it’s just small talk.
• Small talk isn’t completely...

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