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Go Green Lawns!

GOGREEN. LAWNS! LAWNS HAVE ALWAYS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT PART IN OUR LIVES, BUT DID YOU KNOW THAT THEY ALSO PLAY AN IMPORTANT PART IN HELPING PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT? HOW! FIND PROTECTING THE AIR THE LEVELS OF POLLUTION IN OUR ATMOSPHERE ARE A MAJOR CONCERN, AND LAWNS ARE PART OF THE SOLUTION. PLANTS ABSORB GASEOUS POLLUTANTS INTO THEIR LEAVES AND BREAK THEM DOWN, CLEANING THE AIR. LAWNS ABSORB: AN ACRE OE Carbon Dioxide FLOURISHING GRASS • Hydrogen Fluoride Peroxyacetyl Nitrate will absorb HUNDREDS OF POUNDS THE WORST GROUP OF OF SULFUR DIOXIDE DURING A YEAR. ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS. STORE UP TO 37 BILLION TONS OF CARBON. LAWN AREAS IN THE US: TRAP AN ESTIMATED 12 MILLION TONS OF DUST AND DIRT released annually into the atmosphere. OXYGEN GENERATION PRODUCES ENOUGH A TURE AREA OF 50' X 50' OXYGEN TO MEET THE EVERYDAY NEEDS OF A FAMILY OF FOUR. EACH ACRE OF GRASS FOR 64 PRODUCES ENOUGH OXYGEN PEOPLE A DAY. GRASS HELPS THE EARTH AND US BREATH CLEAN AIR! HELPING THE SOIL SOIL EROSION IS ONE OF THE MOST PRESSING ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS FACING THE WORLD TODAY. IN THE U.S. ALONE, COSTS BETWEEN $6 & $16 BILLION A YEAR. GRASS BINDS THE SOIL MORE EFFECTIVELY THAN ANY OTHER PLANT. GRASS INTERCEPTS WHICH MINIMIZES SOIL LOSS. RAINDROPS BEFORE THEY DISTURB THE SOIL AND SLOW THE FLOW OF WATER, HEALTHY TURE AREAS TURFGRASS COVERED AREAS DECREASE ABSORB RAINFALL MORE EFFECTIVELY THAN A X6 WHEAT FIELD THE STORM-WATER management requirements BETTER THAN A COSTLY STRUCTURES X used in urban development HAY FIELD THE AVERAGE 10,000 SQUARE FOOT LAWN 6,000 GALLONS OF WATER CAN ABSORB MORE THAN FROM A RAINFALL EVENT TURFGRASS IS THE BEST DEFENSE AGAINST SOIL EROSION! COOLING THE EARTH TURFGRASS PLAYS AN IMPORTANT PART IN CONTROLLING OUR CLIMATE. 100-140 TEMPERATURES OVER GRASSY SUREACES ON A SUNNY DAY WILL BE COOLER THAN OVER CONCRETE OR ASPHALT may be as much as RESEARCH STUDIES revealed overall temperature WARMER THAN 90-12°F THAT OF NEARBY RURAL AREAS OF URBAN AREAS on a block of 8 AVERAGE HOMES. THE FRONT LAWNS HAVE THE COOLING EFFECT OF 7O TONS OF AIRCONDITIONING! TURFGRASS HELPS US KEEP COOL AND SAVE ENERGY! PURIFYING THE WATER ONE OF THE MAJOR CAUSES OF OUR GROWING WATER QUALITY PROBLEM IS RUNOFF OF CONTAMINANTS FROM HARD SURFACES, SUCH AS ROADS AND PARKING LOTS. THE BIOLOGY OF TURFGRASS MAKES LAWNS A NEAR IDEAL MEDIUM FOR THE BIODEGRADATION OF ALL SORTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION. TURFGRASS PURIFIES THE WATER AS IT LEACHES THROUGH THE ROOT ZONE AND DOWN INTO OUR UNDERGROUND AQUIFERS. RAIN WATER FILTERED THESE FILTRATION THROUGH A GOOD HEALTHY LAWN is as much as PROPERTIES ARE THE REASON THAT X10 TURFGRASS is used to help recycle effluent water. LESS ACIDIC THAN WATER RUNNING OFE A HARD SURFACE. 10% OF U.S GOLF COURSES ARE ALREADY USING EFFLUENT WATER FOR THEIR TUREGRASS IRRIGATION TURFGRASS HELPS RECHARGE THE UNDERGROUND WATER SUPPLIES USED BY ALL OF US! KEEPING THINGS QUIET NOISE POLLUTION IS AN EVERYDAY PROBLEM FACED BY EVERYONE LIVING IN A CITY. TURE AND OTHER GREEN PLANTS ABSORB SOUND WAVES & CAN REDUCE NOISE LEVELS by 20-30% GRASS HELPS US LIVE A QUIETER, CALMER LIFE! SO NOW YOU KNOW LAWNS PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE HEALTH AND WELL BEING OF OUR FAMILIES... AND OUR PLANET! harmony OUTDOOR BRANDS wwW.HARMONYBRANDS.COM

Go Green Lawns!

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Not really. But please if you are not sure go over this A to Z guide to what Lawns do to our environment.

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