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With memorial day come and gone, the prime season for lawn pride is in full swing.  The topic came about recently regarding the patterns that professional greenskeepers create on professional baseball fields.  How did they do it?  Did they lay down different types of grass in patterns that would grow in differing shades of green?  Perhaps some do, but the process of striping lawns is usually much more simple.

• A heavy roller is just attached to the lawnmower.
• As the grass is cut, the roller ‘bends’ the blades of grass in the direction of the mowing path
• Alternate mowing path against the previous path, and voila!

The above image was found at the website of the manufacturer of the Lawn Stryper, found here -  patternyourlawn.com

Of course, there’s other DIY alternatives to be found on instructables.com, as well as other roller-type striping attachments available, but for the price, I think I’ll just order the Lawn Stryper attachment from Amazon or Overstock, seems that it can be found in the mid-5o dollar range.

A cheaper alternative, given enough space would be to drive your car across the lawn a few times, your mileage will (literally) vary on this one.

Cheaper alternative yet?  Do like this lawn stylist…