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Segment by Type, the Turf Grass Seed market is segmented intoCool Season GrassWarm Season Grass

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I was saddened to hear of the recent passing of Vince Yurko.

Vince was Mr. Baseball long before the movie of the same name starring Tom Selleck. Vinces love for baseball was overwhelming; he would have fielded a team in the snow if possible in the winter months. Vince would have players over to his house to practice their swing by hitting baseballs off a tee in his large basement.

Vince was the George Toma, the God of Sod at Christian Field in South Wilkes-Barre. He loved riding the lawn tractor cutting the grass to perfection. During batting practice, if a player fouled a ball up onto the levee, that player would have to go and retrieve it. He would also have a bucket of baseballs at each practice. The count of balls had better be the same at the end of practice as it was in the beginning or you were going to go hunting for the missing ones!

Vince was one of the founders of South Wilkes-Barre Teener League Baseball. At the beginning of the season, Vince, Lou Foley, Ed Nash and myself would spend hours drawing up a schedule over glasses of iced tea and some of Vinces wife Barbs delicious pies. Barb was the absolute love of his life. This was well before the era of computers when friends actually got together to do things they enjoyed. If you saw Vince, you wouldve seen his best friend, the late Lou Foley. Vince, Lou and Jack Henry were regulars at the Burger King in Hanover Township. I would kid Vince that if I saw Burger Kings stock go down, I knew the boys hadnt shown up in a bit.

Vince had a big influence and a genuine caring for the young athletes who played for him. He loved baseball, the New York Yankees, the GRIT television station and most of all, his wife, Barb.

His legacy will live on in the young men he coached and mentored. He was truly one of the Boys of Summer. Batter up.

Jack Morgan

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Day Results10 / 5-1-42020 Overall 13951395 / 491-462-589Win % of Top Pick35.20%Payoff % of Top 3 Picks Overall36.85%2020 Top Pick in the Money 902-1,39564.66%Top Selection ITM / KEE 68-10763.55%Top Selections Win / KEE 35-10732.71%Key Horses @ KEE 9-6-1-166.67% Win / 88.89% ITMKey Horses in 2020 189-64-43-2733.86% Win / 70.90% ITM

(Betty McLean my mom will celebrate her 90th birthday on Sunday. She still cooks up a mean fried chicken dinner. The best ever. Ever.)

We had a nice Saturday.

Kentucky wins at Tennessee for the first time since I was 28 years old. Wow. Now, thats a long time ago, friends.

Our onlyKey Play of the Daywon easily and impressively.

We nailed the exacta in the G2 Raven Run, with a nice runner-up call on Finite which rendered $26.80 for every $1 played. And, we played more than the single buck.

We had 5 winners total out of the 10.

We had 7 exactas out of the 10.

And, our Key Horses have now gone 6-1-1 in just 9 picks as such here this meet.

We had a nice Saturday.

Now, we will go to Midway on Sunday to help celebrate my Moms 90th birthday. We are doing one of those drive-by celebrations. She cant go with me to Keeneland as we have done for each of the past 7 years. Keeneland decided only the rich and famous can come to see the races this meet. We dont fit either one of those categories. But we will have some fun.

Count on it.

Heres a look at Sundays races:

1st: 4-6-5/1/7-8Dontshowweakness (4)will get a huge drop in class for this one today from barn coordinator Greg Foley. Last seen, this one raced for $40,000 price tag. Today, he is in for $15,000. Has run two 4ths against much better. Barn wins with .27% when the trainer drops this much in one swoop. This is the 2nd route race, too, and the barn wins with .20% of those. Move back to the dirt should assist this ones effort. My pick in a weak group.I bet the 4 to win/place/show and then box the top three numbers in one exacta. I will key the top 3 over/under the 1 in two smaller units.

2nd: 2-1-3/5-4-6/7Irish Willow (2)nearly won at this same level when last seen at Churchill Downs on Sept. 27. Lost that tilt by a nose. Cuts back to a sprint here today, and the barn wins with .26% when they go from a sprint to a route and then back to a sprint distance. Trainer wins with .14% when making the 3rd start off the layup, too. Should fit nicely with these and has the speed to love this 7 furlong distance.Forevernoa (1)broke the maiden when racing over the sod at Arlington Park two races ago. Ran a very credible race last tim out when moved to the dirt here on Oct. 7. Just got tired at the wire. Cut back in distance should help this one out, too. Last three races have been solid.I bet the 2-1across the board and then box the top 3 in the exacta. I will key the 2-1 over/under the 3-5-4-6-7 in two smaller units, too. I may take a little more on the 1 across the board, as well. Take note.

3rd: 3-1-5/4-6/8-7Ketchikan (3)gets my nod in this spot. Ran well in the career debut, when third at Ellis Park. Ran over the grass that day, but that was during a dry-spell summer when the turf was firm and hard. Switch to dirt should not be an issue, and the barn wins with .17% of those making this switch. Gets a nice rider switch to the meets top jockey. Was way wide; was in and out; was not the best of trips in the last. Expect more here. BluePaynt (1)could be well-spotted for a huge run here, too. Missed by a neck last time out when getting back to the dirt at CD. Gets a route distance today, and the barn wins with .21% on the stretch out. Strong threat here.Ill Make It Coach (5)has been running against MSW company and now gets the drop into the MCL ranks for the first time. Barn wins with .10% of those making the drop for the first time. The last effort was not a great one, coming off the layup. The two races before were good enough to give credibility with the move to dirt today. Barn wins with .26% of those making this surface switch. Chance.I will be the 3-1 across the board and then box the top 3 inthe exacta. I will key the top 3 numbers over/under the 4-6 in two smaller units.

4th: 1-6-5/8/4-7Spy a Star (1)drops from the $40,000 price tag to a career low level today. Has two non-threatening 3rds on the resume so far, but against better and with modest improvement. Now, will get a route for the first time and the barn wins with .13% of those ind. Nice work here on Sept. 8. Looks best on paper.Bertrada (6)is dropping off a MSW turf event at Saratoga to a dirt MCL race here. Barn wins with .18% when going into the claimers for the first time, and with a much-improved .16% with the second start. Jockey has recent fame, but still has only won with .06% in 352 mounts this year. Dont get me started.Yellowstone Girl (5)comes from the barn of Brad Cox and drops into the MCL ranks for the first time, too. Rider has won with .26% of the last 62 mounts for this barn and the barn wins with .27% when dropping from MSW to MCL. Works are OK, but I would have expected more in the debut. The horse to watch here, IMO?Sacre Bleu (8).This is a first time starter for a new barn operation. Works at the Thoroughbred Center are very nice. And? This one gets the meets top winning rider. Like it.I betthe 1-8 across the board and then I box those two in theexacta. I will key the 1-8 over/under the 6-5-4-7 in two smaller units.

5th: (13)-1-8-9/6-2-3-5-11/10-4-(14)/7-12This is a wide, wide, wide open grass affair, which will be contested at 11/16-miles over the green, green grass of home. I will give the definite edge toPerjury Trap (13)in this one. Theres just one problem. This one is not in the race yet. The 3YO son of Blame, who is trained by Chad Brown, is probably the best in here. Has the ability to rush the start and/or come from far back. Move to grass has certainly helped. Been favored in all four runs, to date. Interesting rider choice for this one. Very interesting.In Love (1)ran a huge one in the 2020 debut on Sept. 20 at Churchill Downs. Came from last to just miss being first at the wire by less than 2. Now, gets a little more ground and a lot more experience. Love the odds on this one and the 4YO gelding is my firstUpset Special of the Day.I will give another longshot a shot in here, too.Falkirk (8)has run two very good ones since being equipped with the blinkers. But the trainer one great guy is 0-for-36 this meet. Ouch. Chilly.Lemon Kick (9)broke the maiden last time out by over 5 at Arlington Park. Got the blinkers for the first time in that one. Must move up to face winners for the first time today, and thats a tough assignment for any and all. But the barn wins with a very nice .23% with those types and the work on Sept. 1? Spot on. Take note here.I bet the 13 if he gets in. If not? Spread. I will bet the 1-8-9 across the board and then box the top 3 in the exacta. I will key the 1-8-9 over/under the 6-2 in two smaller units. Def use the 13, though, if he gets in and I key himwith the top 5/6 numbers.

6th: 5-6-8/3/2-4/1A very nice MSW event for the 2YOs here. I will give a very slight edge toInspector Frost (5)in this spot mainly due to the fact that this son of Frosted has a race under his girth. Ran a well-beaten 3rd in the debut at Churchill Downs in September, but was the betting favorite that day. The Place horse in that race has already come back to win the next out, too. Barn wins with .26% on 2nd outs, and .30% with beaten favorites. Trainer having another great meet here. Watch out.Tiwanaku (6)is a first time starter for the HOF trainer. Dam of this one has 3 winners from 3 starters. Rider has gone 6-4-4 in the last 22 mounts. Works for this one? Spot on. Son of Tapit is out of a Stakes-winning dam. All there for this one to be better than just good.War Machine (8)is another first timer, and this one has some long odds in the ML. I would not dismiss this one, though. Trainer wins with .16% on the first effort. Dam of this one has 3 winners from 4 starters and a Stakes winner, already. Works are very nice. Son of War Front? I would not dismiss. I use.I bet the 5-6 across the board and then box the top 3 in the exacta. I will key the top 3 over/under the 3 in two smaller units.

7th: 7-3/6-4-5-1/9Motagally (7)will drop into the claiming ranks for the first time, and the barn wins with a remarkable .43% of the time when that occurs. The connections paid a whopping $650,000 at the 2017 KEE September Yearling Sale for this one. Currently, the 4YO colt has earned less than $90,000 in purses. Want a bigger truck? But if you throw out the grass experiment two races ago, this one has run two nice 2nds in the last 3 outs. Those were against much tougher, too. Gets the meets winningest rider up. Love the work on Oct. 9 at CD. This is the one for me. My firstKey Play of the Daycomes right here.I bet the 7 to win/place/show and then box the 7-3 in one exacta. I will key the 7-3 over/under the rest of the numbers listed in two smaller units.

8th: 2-5/4-3-1G3 DowagerStakesLets be brutally honest. If this is a Graded Stakes event, then, well, Im a jet plane. In other words? It aint. But its a race and its got a couple of decent runners in here. I will give the edge toBlame Debbie (2),who will be stepping up to face Graded Stakes company for the first time since she was a tiring 6th in the G2 Lake Placid at Saratoga on July 19. She blitzed on the front end that day and ran out of gas. The barn switched plans and running styles after that one. And, she got the blinkers for the first time, too. Since that equipment addition, the daughter of Blame has won two in a row from coming off the pace and stretching out. Big shot in this lack-luster group.Siberian Iris (5)has only mustered a second and a third in 5 starts this year. All of those were on the Left Coast. But? In this group, this long-distance traveller has a shot. In 23 career starts on the grass. Only 3 wins. Does have 7 seconds and 3 thirds. So? I play under.I bet the 2 to win/place/show and then box the top two in the exacta. I will key the 2 over/under the all button in two more units.

9th: 2-5-7/8/6-3-4-1Sure wish I had a 2YO colt ready to run. Would fit nicely in this $70,000 MSW event to be contested at 7 furlongs. Not much to get excited about here. Not, at the least, going into it. I will fall back and go withBlushinstreetdevil (2).I have no idea who the trainer is, but I do know that he has not won a race in 4 starts this year. And, I do know that he did run a solid 3rd at KY Downs on Sept. 16. Now, this one must convert to the dirt and the rider has won with a rather modest .08% in 278 races this year. And, thats the best? Well, best guess.Thrown for a Loupe (5)didnt run much over there turf at CD last time out, but gets back to the dirt here. Barn wins with .11% when going from a sprint, to a route, and back to a sprint. Work on Oct. 10 was spot on. Like this rider. Searching for anything here.Southern Passage (7)was nipped by a nose last time out. Wow. Yeah, but that was against $50,000 claimers. Now, must move back to face MSW level. Barn is 0-for-7 when trying that this year. Works are good of late. Thats something to go on, I guess. Sound the Charge (8)is a first time starter, who has been working very well for this first race. Might as well. We dont know how good or bad this one is, as of yet.I bet the 5-8 take note across theboard and thenbox the 5-7-8 in the exacta. I will key the 5-7-8 over/under the 2 in two smaller units. Coin toss.

Good Luck & All the Best / Gene

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Segment by Type, the Sports Turf Seed market is segmented intoCool Season GrassWarm Season Grass

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Maintaining a healthy, attractive yard is a year-round project. And its always good to know that when theres a task that requires equipment you do not have on hand, you can count on your local Home Depot. Whether youre trying to keep up your homes curb appeal or complete a commercial landscaping project, you can find any lawn equipment rental you may need at The Home Depot Tool Rental Center. For basic lawn care, you can rent everything from mowers and edgers to trimmers, pruners and blowers to keep your lawn the envy of the neighborhood. If youre a gardener or urban farmer, renting a tiller will help make easy work of soil prep. From light duty tillers for small gardens to mid-tine tillers for rocky, compacted soil or rear-tine tillers to plow up large gardens or your entire yard for grass seeding, weve got the equipment you need to whip your lawn or garden into shape. And, for the heavy duty yard work like brush, tree or stump removal, you can rent chainsaws, bush hogs, chippers, stump grinders and lots of other tools to do the job right. The next time you need equipment to tackle yard work around your home, check out the Tool Rental Center at your local Home Depot store.

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Fall is a great time to create new garden beds. Cool, usually drier, fall weather makes it easier to work in the garden and for plants to establish. Plus, the Garden To-do list is often a bit shorter this time of year and you will get a head start on the next growing season.

Start by locating the placement, size and shape of this new garden. Always contact your local underground utility locating service at least three business days in advance. Its free and as easy as calling 811 or filing an online request. They will contact the appropriate companies who will mark the location of their underground utilities in your work area. This reduces the danger and inconvenience of accidently knocking out power, cable or other utilities while you create a beautiful landscape.

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Your efforts this fall reduce your workload next spring and shorten the time to a more beautiful landscape.

Next edge the bed. Use a shovel to dig a V-shaped trench around the border of the garden. Or rent or borrow a power edger to make larger jobs easier.

Once the edging is complete, remove healthy grass with a sod cutter and use it to fill bare spots in the lawn. Or create a planting berm or simply add it to the compost pile. Just place it green side down and wait for it to decompose.

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ADAMS COUNTY September is an ideal time to reseed thinning patches in your lawn or to establish a new lawn. At this time of year, the warm soil and the longer, cooler nights help prevent the seedlings from drying out as quickly and allow rapid root growth.

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o Aerating, raking out dead grass.

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o Keep seeded area moist.

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o Get a soil test to know if any amendments are needed.

o Apply any amendments and weed-free compost over the area to be seeded.

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o Irrigate with about one inch of water to achieve complete wetting of the sod and at least one inch of soil.

o After watering, lift up edges of sod at several locations to be sure water has penetrated the sod and soil below.

o Continue watering one or two times a day to prevent sod from wilting and keep the soil moist. As sod becomes established, gradually reduce the frequency of watering.

o Do not saturate the sod and soil to the point of standing water. New roots could begin to rot under these conditions. After sod has been mown two or three times, water deeply and infrequently depending on the weather conditions.

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The year 2020 is definitely one for the history books. COVID-19, murder hornets, Hurricane Laura and now Hurricane Sally hitting our Gulf neighbors to the east.This week is no exception for our losses. LSU AgCenter offices across the state are getting call after call as lawn after lawn is experiencing devastating loss of turfgrass.Sod webworms are the main culprit this year, and fittingly, our weed and turfgrass extension specialist Ron Strahan said, The numbers are biblical. We have observed nearly every house on a single street with damage in the lawn. Cue the locusts.You might first take notice of the small moths that are light brown to dark brown with striping on the wings. You will see them flying around as you walk through your lawn or around outdoor lights at night. This is the adult of the sod webworm. The moths lay eggs on grass blades.Larvae hatch a week or so later, maturing into adult moths in three to five weeks. There can be two or more generations each year. Larvae are amber in color but become greener as they feed on the blades of grass at nighttime. They are the cause of the damage we see in the lawn.If you missed the moths but are seeing yellowing and browning patches of dead lawn, you need to inspect further to determine if it is sod webworms. One way to tell is to investigate individual grass blades. They will have a chewed appearance, with pieces of blades missing or chunks bitten out. The caterpillars are making a feast of your lawn.Another clue to look for while you are down there at ground level is the worm castings. Thats a fancy term for caterpillar poop. The castings are digested grass, and they appear as light beige pellets at the base of the plants just above the soil level.Yet another sign are the webs that are visible in the early morning when the dew is still on the ground. The water droplets from the dew will be trapped in the webbing, and this is where sod webworms get their name.If you dig thoroughly enough at the soil-grass interface, you can usually find a tiny caterpillar about - to 1-inch long and the diameter of Q-tip and the castings of the insect. Sod webworms seem to especially love St. Augustine grass.Heavy infestations can cause a feeding frenzy of birds to the lawn. If youve noticed more birds pecking around in your turfgrass, its usually an indicator that some good food nutritious sod webworm caterpillars is out there.Heavy infestations can lead to stress, causing your lawn to be more susceptible to fungal diseases such as gray leaf spot and large patch in addition to other insects such as chinch bugs and armyworms. A combination of these problems can lead to the death of turfgrass.To help control sod webworms, use an insecticide with the active ingredient bifenthrin. AgCenter entomologist Sebe Brown recommends liquid rather than granular applications for better control. You will need to retreat the lawn again in seven days to kill any newly hatched eggs. Spray will not control the moths. It is most effective on the main culprit doing the damage the caterpillar.Treat the infested areas and extend 3 to 4 feet past where you see browning. Moths will continue to lay eggs, so continue to monitor the lawn.Eggs hatch every seven days. The hopefully cooler weather of fall will slow down the generation interval but not kill the worms already in the lawn. Last years mild and short winter is likely the cause of the large populations weve seen this summer.If you are like me, you dont like to use chemicals because insecticides dont discriminate for the most part and will kill other beneficial bugs. You can let Mother Nature help you out with the birds who feast on the caterpillars instead.Additionally, consider transitioning large areas of lawn to garden beds that you fill with native plants or other ornamental perennials, shrubs and trees. Lawns, mainly turfgrass, account for 30% of water use in a typical U.S. home, so go easy on the turf in home landscapes. With water scarcity on the horizon, by reducing the size of your lawn you can reduce water consumption, water bills and the amount of time you spending mowing your grass; save fuel; lessen your carbon footprint; and expand natural ecosystems by adding diversity to your landscape.The good news, if there is any, is that the grass will recover from live stolons and roots. Water your lawn during extended periods of drought that are especially common in October here in Louisiana to help the grass recover before going into winter dormancy.Its also time to stop fertilizing the lawn and wait until spring to apply any new applications.

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When you were on your tractor last summer mowing the roadside you may have noticed a bobwhite quail run across the road, you might have been excited to see it too. What you probably didnt notice was the covey of quail chicks that you mowed right over the top of. Thats the unfortunate thing about quail, their survival strategy is to lay low and only flush when necessary. For quail, the number one cause of population declines is habitat loss; with an average lifespan of only 8 months, its crucial to provide quail with the habitat they need to make it through the season to reproduce next year. One of the best ways we can do that is by leaving our roadsides, waterways and idle areas alone.

In intensively farmed areas like where we live, some of the last habitat we have is in the roadside ditches. When you mow a roadside, not only are you potentially killing quail outright, but youre knocking out a valuable food source wildflowers. These plants attract insect pollinators which make up over 90% of the quail chicks diet for the first several weeks of their life. Later in the year, these wildflowers will go to seed and provide a crucial food source for the quail in the winter.

Mowing also knocks down crucial habitat and cover for quail. In order to make it through the winter with the snow, ice, rain and wind, quail require adequate cover from the elements. Ideally, this cover comes in two forms. Native bunch grasses such as big bluestem, little bluestem, and Indiangrass. Non-native grasses such as brome and fescue are detrimental to wildlife habitat because these are sod forming grasses and are very difficult for quail (especially chicks) to move through. Brome and fescue also choke out and out compete beneficial wildflowers which decreases plant diversity. The other type of cover quail need is brush such as dogwood or American Plum. Brush not only provides critical cover for quail during the winter, but it serves as hiding grounds from aerial predators like hawks and owls. On top of that, shrubs like American Plum, Elderberry, and even Sumac (Sumac tea is a wonderful drink to try) provide valuable fruit for people too.

You may be noticing a common theme between what I wrote this week with quail and previously with monarch butterflies. LEAVE THE ROADSIDES ALONE! Its one of the simplest things we can do to boost quail and songbird numbers and help our pollinators out too. It saves us time and money and its an easy step in conserving habitat. Thats not to say that spraying and mowing roadsides and idle areas never has its place. There are instances where we need to use those management practices for the greater good. For instance, invasive species such as Johnsongrass and Sericea Lespedeza pose a much greater threat to habitat than mowing or spraying. Even brome and fescue, which I mentioned as being wildlife unfriendly could be sprayed and planted to native plants to improve habitat for wildlife. Save those practices for when its necessary. If you do need to spray, resort to spot spraying to minimize killing of non-target species. If you want to mow the roadside by your house, consider mowing a single pass, wait until after nesting season to mow, and dont mow the grass any shorter than a foot. That way, the next time youre out on your tractor youll feel a little better when you see that covey of quail.

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GENTLEMEN, lay down your lawnmowers. Theres a new school of thought taking rootan idea that would scrap the Saturday afternoon-killing mow and end the merry-go-round of chemical applications. How? Tear out the grass and replant all or part of your yard with native flora, which requires less water and less maintenance in the long run, and can foster a more functional ecosystem, to boot.

Residential lawnswhich we have 40 million acres ofare thirstier than any agricultural crop. Nationwide, we use 9 billion gallons of water for landscape irrigation each day (and as much as half of that amount is lost to inefficiencies). Many homeowners also spray with broad-spectrum insecticides, which, in addition to their health risks, can kill off the insects responsible for pollinating 90 percent of all flowering plants.

Beyond all that, the cultural relevance of the all-American lawn is an artifact anyway. As pop-historian Yuval Noah Harari has pointed out, sprawling, labor-intensive lawns were essentially a flex by Middle Age aristocrats, who used them as function-free status symbols.

New lawns require new thinking. Douglas Tallamy champions the concept well in Natures Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation that Starts in Your Yard (Timber Press). Tallamy, a professor of entomology at the University of Delaware, argues that beyond protected public lands, weve overlooked the importance of our own private lands, where residential yards play a key role in supporting a functioning ecosystem.

Our human footprint is so gigantic, Tallamy explains, that we cant say, Well, were going to have a functional ecosystem someplace elsethere is no someplace else.

That doesnt mean ripping out the entire lawn. Tallamy just suggests you avoid planting invasive species that do little to support insect life, the birds that eat those insects, and your local ecosystem.

It may seem cheaper to plant a patch of thirsty sod and to stock your yard with popular plants from the local box store, but, in the long run, a native landscape can actually be less expensive than a highly maintained and traditional lawn. Jack Pizzo, a Chicago landscape architect renowned for planting wildflower meadows in both corporate and residential settings, says that, During the first two, three, four years, its roughly the same cost. After that, your desired plants tend to reproduce, crowding the weeds outit looks good and doesnt require the labor.

To reduce water consumption, municipalities nationwide have rolled out cash for grass programs; the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California recently increased its rebate to $2 per square foot of grass removed. Las Vegas turf rebate has been credited for annually saving 10 billion gallons of water, playing a part in the unlikely rise of Lake Mead, the Wests largest reservoir. Online seminars offering to Convert Your Lawn to Prairie are selling out. Rewilding has become a buzzword in landscaping circles.

Where to start? Look to state and local chapters of Master Naturalists and Native Plant Societies for help and local intel. Check to see if your municipality has incentivized renovations to promote water conservation. And start shopping from sustainable-minded retailers like Native American Seed, a Texas outfit that ships alternatives like buffalo grass and wildflower-and-grass seed mixes.

Were still in the earlier stages of a mass shift, but weve gone beyond the early adopters, says Native American Seeds Bill Neiman about the growth of native and wildlife-centric landscaping. People are awakening to something that weve gone numb on, which is our total interconnectedness to all things.

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