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What To Plant For Tough Sites I Don't Have To Mow

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Published August 17, 2016 at 2:00 PM EDT

Turf is the cheapest thing to install, and the most expensive to maintain. Jim talks about how he tries to minimize this element in his landscape designs, and what you can do to improve tough areas in your landscape.  
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