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      <title>Ironing Your Turfgrass</title>
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      <title>Take Action To Avoid Lawn Problems Associated With Drought</title>
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      <title>Louisiana Lawns Fact Sheet:  The Centipede Decline Problem</title>
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      <title>Louisiana Lawns Fact Sheet:  Turfgrass for Louisiana Lawns</title>
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      <title>Dormant Sodding Possible, But Chancy</title>
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      <title>Tips Offered For Managing Shaded Lawns</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Having a good lawn in a tree-shaded landscape is a challenge since all of the warm-season turfgrasses were developed to grow best in full sun, according to LSU AgCenter horticulturist Dr. Tom Koske. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Use Sod For Quick Repair Of Damaged Lawns</title>
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      <title>Essential Steps When Starting A Southern Lawn</title>
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      <title>Nitrogen in Lawn Fertilizers</title>
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      <title>Weed Science and Consumer Products for  Lawn &amp; Landscape Weeds</title>
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      <title>Poll Takes Pulse of Home Lawn Care</title>
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      <title>Fall Is for Football... and Brown Patch!</title>
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      <title>Terrific Turfgrass for Louisiana</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Turfgrasses provide functional, economic, recreational, health and safety, environmental and aesthetic benefits to Louisiana. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Gypsum to soften hard soil?   Probably not…</title>
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      <title>Fairy Rings and Mushrooms in Lawns</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2005 15:39:52 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Winterizing Your Southern Lawn</title>
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      <title>Mow Like a Pro</title>
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      <title>Pay Attention To Seed Analysis Tag When Buying Grass Seed</title>
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      <title>Calculating Fertilizer Application Rates</title>
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      <title>Ounces Equal Gallons: Sprayer Calibration</title>
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      <title>Nematodes – The ‘Unseen’ Pest</title>
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      <title>Thin Areas in Summer Lawns</title>
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      <title>Salinity and Turfgrasses After a Hurricane</title>
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      <title>Time to Fertilize Your Lawn</title>
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      <title>Falling Leaves – Pretty, But Dangerous To Waterways</title>
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      <title>'Winterize' Your Lawn</title>
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      <title>Should new sod be fertilized?</title>
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      <title>Seeded Turf-type Bermudagrasses</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2006 20:50:08 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Culture Calendar for Cool Season Grasses</title>
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