But to spend hundreds of hours mowing your way to a designer lawn is to flirt, most would agree, with a bizarre form of fanaticism. Fertilizing, mowing, watering - these are all-American activities that, on their face, seem reasonable enough. Norton & Company | March 2006 | 43 minutes (7,070 words)Īlthough there are plenty of irrational aspects to life in modern America, few rival the odd fixation on lawns.
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