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    The Eerie Lawn Pest That Comes From Our Obsession With Lawns

    by Becca Cudmore Dec 16, 2013 2 minutes

    Fairy Ring #3Collage by Amy Ross (with permission)

    he front lawn is an American symbol of middle-class status and respectability. We trim ours with ride-on mowers, condition them with nitrogen, and hydrate them with elaborate sprinklers, largely because they represent us to everyone driving by. Ironically, it’s due to this energetic maintenance that one pest thrives within the coddled haven just outside

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