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- British Lawnmower Museum - One of the world's leading authorities on vintage lawnmowers and the largest import and export specialists in antique garden machinery. From Ransomes' horse and pony mowers to racing mowers and the world's first mower designed in 1830 by engineer Mr. Edwin Beard Budding of Stroud in Gloucester. Site has music.
dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/square/gf86
- Dewberry Mudboggers and Ohio Mower Racers - Groups involved in lawnmower racing on grass tracks as well as mud pits, at speeds of 40-50 MPH. Mechanical specifications and statistics of competitive mower racing, team results, and photographs. (Site enabled with sound.)
www.geocities.com/motorcity/downs/4077
- Law and Lawn - Weed laws article on landscaping (John Marshall Law Review) covering the natural landscaping movement starting with Aldo Leopold.
www.epa.gov/glnpo/greenacres/weedlaws/JMLR.html
- National Lawn Care Now - NCLN! is a grassroots movement for social justice offering equal lawns for all. Includes the NLCN! Mental Health Prevention Workshop.
www.jefflindsay.com/NLCN.shtml
- The Grass is Always Greener on the other Side of the Fence - Essay by Wolfgang Mieder on an American proverb of discontent. From De Proverbio: An Electronic Journal of International Proverb Studies.
info.utas.edu.au/docs/flonta/DP,1,1,95/GRASS.html
- The Lawn at the University of Virginia - Thomas Jefferson's dream lawn lives on. Interactive tour.
www.virginia.edu/~finearts/Lawntour/Welcome.html
- Tribute to Grass, the Forgiveness of Nature - "In Praise of Blue Grass" by Kansas Senator John James Ingalls(1833-1900). Grass is said to be the "forgiveness of nature," covering battlefields, feeding the world.
turfgrass.com/ingalls/index.html
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