{"id":1043,"date":"2020-08-31T09:25:55","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T13:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.seagrant.w3.uvm.edu\/2020\/08\/31\/mo-monday-learn-how-grass-grows\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T17:49:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T21:49:21","slug":"mo-monday-learn-how-grass-grows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/2020\/08\/31\/mo-monday-learn-how-grass-grows\/","title":{"rendered":"Mo Monday: Learn How Grass Grows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tNow that the summer heat has passed, the grass in our yard is noticeably growing again in a waning effort to create and store sugars it will use while dormant during the winter months. At the same time, Mo is dutifully out mowing, and like always, cutting just a small amount of each grass blade, and allowing those clippings to fall to the earth to decompose in place. After the clippings are decomposed by microbes in the soil, important nutrients will once again be available for uptake by the grass. So it goes in this continual cycle of growth and nutrient exchange.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThis week, I am excited to share a short educational video the Raise the Blade team just completed with Kindea Labs. It shares details of this circle of life\u00a0and connections the cycle has to water quality and to our actions on the land. Check it out on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lawntolake.org\/\">lawntolake.org\u00a0website<\/a> or below.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"video-filter\"><iframe src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/438331280?autopause=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;badge=1&#038;byline=1&#038;loop=0&#038;portrait=1&#038;autopause=1&#038;fullscreen=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"video-filter video-vimeo vf-438331280\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<picture  title=\"An employee at Bibens Ace Hardware next to the mulching mower.\" data-picture-mapping=\"quarter_width\" data-picture-align=\"left\">\n<!--[if IE 9]><video style=\"display: none;\"><![endif]--><source srcset=\"\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/quarter-width__wide\/public\/uploads\/BibensEmployeeMulchingMower.jpg?itok=qjyAAIgT 1x\" media=\"(min-width: 1200px)\" \/><source srcset=\"\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/quarter-width__desk\/public\/uploads\/BibensEmployeeMulchingMower.jpg?itok=CQUIdlhm 1x\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" \/><source srcset=\"\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/half-width__tablet\/public\/uploads\/BibensEmployeeMulchingMower.jpg?itok=o8L3ZIFl 1x\" media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" \/><source srcset=\"\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/full-width__mobile\/public\/uploads\/BibensEmployeeMulchingMower.jpg?itok=KgeBUrrQ 1x\" media=\"(min-width: 0)\" \/><!--[if IE 9]><\/video><![endif]--><br \/>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]>\n<img decoding=\"async\"  data-picture-mapping=\"quarter_width\" data-picture-align=\"left\" src=\"\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/flexslider_full\/public\/uploads\/BibensEmployeeMulchingMower.jpg?itok=HP5mA1qc\" alt=\"Employee at Bibens Ace Hardware stands next to mulching mower\" title=\"An employee at Bibens Ace Hardware next to the mulching mower.\" \/>\n<![endif]--><br \/>\n<!--[if !lt IE 9]><!--><br \/>\n<img  data-picture-mapping=\"quarter_width\" data-picture-align=\"left\" srcset=\"\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/flexslider_full\/public\/uploads\/BibensEmployeeMulchingMower.jpg?itok=HP5mA1qc 800w\" alt=\"Employee at Bibens Ace Hardware stands next to mulching mower\" title=\"An employee at Bibens Ace Hardware next to the mulching mower.\" \/><br \/>\n<!-- <![endif]-->\n<\/picture>Don\u2019t forget to enter for a chance to win a mulching mower and to submit your photos of you or someone else Raising the Blade for water quality by emailing\u00a0<span class=\"spamspan\"><span class=\"u\">seagrant<\/span> [at] <span class=\"d\">uvm.edu<\/span><\/span>\u00a0or posting to Instagram or Twitter with the #RaiseTheBlade hashtag and tagging the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lcbp.org\/\">Lake Champlain Basin Program<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\">Lake Champlain Sea Grant<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe drawing will be held on Labor Day 2020!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/kstepenu-mo\/\">Read more Mo Monday blogs on Kris Stepenuck&#8217;s blog page.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that the summer heat has passed, the grass 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