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Carolinians Strive to Weed Out Poor Lawn Care Companies.
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Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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September 22, 2003
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2003 Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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By Peter St. Onge, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Sep. 22--You once loved your lawn. It was your pride, your horticultural welcome mat. But after battling years of drought, it has been choked by excessive rain this year, inviting brown patch disease and crabgrass.
You've pulled and prayed, fertilized and fretted. You can feel the frowns of your weed-free neighbors.
Relax, lawn experts say. September offers the perfect cool climate to take care of yard problems -- and to prepare your turf for winter. Now also is the time lawn care companies are raising their hands, soliciting desperate homeowners with aeration, seeding and ...
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