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Chris Mertl

46:31 - 46:52

"grass is cheap to put in, but horrible to maintain. It's the most expensive landscape that probably Tyler and his crew maintains right now."

“grass is cheap to put in, but horrible to maintain. It's the most expensive landscape that probably Tyler and his crew maintains right now.”
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Alaska News
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Kenai
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May 21, 2026

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Because grass is cheap to put in, but horrible to maintain. It's the most expensive landscape that probably Tyler and his crew maintains right now. So again, I think it's just looking at strategies. It's coming up with alternatives other than clipped green grass. So it could be, —letting stuff go back to nature.

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