Pools also take up a lot of the yard, and many people would rather have grass that their dogs or kids can run around on.

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If you need turf grass for children or dogs to romp on or to carpet your outdoor living areas, ask your local suppliers for the best water-saving grass for your area.

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As she bounds through the grass with the Great Danes and the Bernese Mountain Dogs, I believe that there was never a dog so popular and well adjusted as mine (and yet realize at the same time that this is the height of my own particular brand of insanity).

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He doubled back toward Cambridge on a roundabout and pulled into a lay-by off the highway, a place of oily, littered grass with a kiosk on worn bare ground which sold hot dogs and burgers to lorry drivers.

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Instead of standing in a gray paved parking lot grilling hot dogs and hamburgers on a stove, how about going to a park with green grass and having a good old-fashioned picnic with the family?

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