Word: mulch
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Bernie De Koven, 38, is the game designer for Ideal Toys, makers of last year's big-selling Electronic Detective-similar to Stop Thief, this year's Parker Bros, entry. His office is cluttered-a creative mulch of dolls' heads, car wheels, batteries, record-player motors, computer entrails, synthesizers and oscilloscopes-but he knows where the action is. "Try an experiment," says De Koven. "Bring in 30 of your most beautiful mechanical games and two cruddy electronic games to a group of kids, and see what happens...
Puzzled by the sudden appearance of green flakes on the ground in the Yard? You will be relieved to know that it is nothing more than fibrous mulch...
...fibrous mulch, imbedded with grass seed, is part of the Yard's $6000 Spring make-over. Bernard K. Keohan, acting superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, (B&G), said yesterday...
...hydroseeding, the green fibrous mulch and seed are mixed with liquid fertilizer and sprayed over the surface of the lawn. Norman A. Gray, of Transit Seeding Inc., the contractors seeding the Yard, said yesterday...
...mulch mixture keeps the seeds moist and warm and also reduces the risk of seed loss in heavy rains, Gray said. He added that the seeds germinate faster in the mulch. The green color is added to help workers distinguish areas already seeded...