They respected her consummate professionalism and an ear so keen that she could, she said, hear grass grow.
Courses usually have to shut down for two to three weeks to let the new grass grow in, which hurts green-fee revenues.
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"How Does the Grass Grow, " which is built on the Shadows' 1960 instrumental "Apache, " is static, despite a brief interlude in which Mr. Bowie croons romantically.
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You can learn about timing, the best seeds, what types of grass grow best in the region you live in, how to water, and which fertilizer to use.
But destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country.
Bird-lovers should leave food out and allow their garden grass to grow to create a better environment for birds to catch insects, he added.
Any colourful flowers are good, and the caterpillars of a lot of British butterflies are grass eaters - so allowing native species of grass to grow a bit longer in the summer will help.
But in streets, where the blades of grass don't grow, everything is like everything else.
Courses in the north don't overseed, because grass doesn't grow there in the winter.
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Some soccer teams wet the field before a match to make the ball roll faster, while baseball teams grow out grass to slow ground balls.
That in turn would influence what they grow (elephant grass, perhaps, rather than wheat).
"It used to be very hard to find enough grazing land here in Greenland because grass just didn't grow here, " Frederiksen said while inspecting the new lambs.
"Starting this summer a great deal of the grass is going to be left to grow longer and wilder, " he said.
They soon found that much of the rain forest that would have harbored coffee trees in the past had been clear cut to grow corn, bananas and grass for livestock.
Scotts Miracle-Gro, an American lawn-care firm, recently announced that it is developing genetically engineered strains of grass that are pest-proof and that grow so slowly that they may require no mowing.
That's part of the challenge for the 32 Republican governors who attended the conference: to cultivate the grass roots back home, roots that could grow into votes for a GOP White House victory years from now.
Specialty grass nurseries are the best source for local genetic material, and many native plant nurseries grow local clones.
Mr Lloyd wanted orchids and fritillaries to grow there, but also hoped to enjoy the wind and light in the grass.
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