I call it the ldquo lean to green rdquo miracle It rsquo s happened every spring for more than fifteen years mdash and I rsquo m still amazed when it does Coming out of the winter months the grass in our yard is dusty and brown so much so a casual passerby might believe it rsquo s dead Colorado has snow in the mountains but the climate on the plains mdash ldquo the Front Range rdquo mdash is dry with most warmer months full of drought warnings But every year around the end of May I turn on the sprinklers
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