The lawn rangers ride again
By Marla Boone - Contributing columnist
A far better title for this would be “Going to Seed: The Sod Story of a Growing American Obsession.” But Smithsonian magazine beat me to that one so we’ll stick with lawn rangers.
Here is my attitude towards a nice lawn. If the grass grows, fine. If the grass doesn’t grow, not so fine but no one is going to die from it. This stance alone separates me from the legions of home owners who are, shall we say, a little nutso about their lawns. By a little nutso, I mean they care deeply about every blade of grass and the shade of green of every blade of grass and how much shade every shade of every blade of grass gets. Americans spend $29.1 billion a year on lawn care. I’m not making that up. I read it on Google so you know it has to be true. The more we wish for a thing to be true, the more we are willing to trust any outlandish thing Google says. I don’t especially want people to spend almost $30 millio