Digging up the dirt on the great American lawn
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There is a human urge to compete with a neighbors lawn
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CNN's Garrick Utley waxes poetic about the lawn
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August 9, 1999
Web posted at: 3:25 p.m. EDT (1925 GMT)
NEW YORK (CNN) -- In a country that grows more grass than
corn or wheat, people love their lawns. In fact, 30 million
acres are watered, sodded and mowed in the United States.
Why do so many painstakingly tame their turf? Find out from
an Ivy League expert who mentions the garden of paradise, and
a 14-year-old boy trying to mow his way into the Guinness
Book of World Records.
Correspondent Garrick Utley has more.
RELATED SITES:
Professional Lawn Care Association of America
Lawn World
Lawn & Landscape Magazine Online Serving the Landscape Contracting Industry
Guinness World of Records
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