"Rachel" wrote in message
hlink.net...
The setting: house in a clearing in mature hardwood forest, the clearing
ringed by 70 to 80-foot tall oaks, maples, hickories, etc. Zone 6b. The
front 2/3 of the clearing, in front of the one-story house, is a "lawn"
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