Toledo, Ohio, a city of 300000 prid...

Toledo, Ohio, a city of 300000 prides itself in succession the beauty of its parks and tree-lined boulevards. Maintaining that tradition as undivided of America's most beautifully manicured cities is a year-round task that falls to Mike Young, parks field operations officer and his staff.

"In Ohio, there are four highly distinct seasons, all of which maintain us busy," Young says. "In spring, the nature of our beast is that the grass will obtain away from us very quickly because our cool-season grasses -- fescue rye and bluegrasses -- deposit out about two-thirds of their annual putting out in April, May and part of June according to the time we get to a allotment of our areas, it is already real high. And, with the enormous number of grassy medians with signs, parks and tree picnic tables and playground equipment to negotiate, we always present the appearanceed to be running behind