Archive | March, 2010
Research Links Pesticides to Skin Cancer
This report was released today by Environmental Health News: http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/news/farm-pesticides-linked-to-deadly-skin-cancer.
Continue reading...Want to Save Money in the Garden? Here’s How
31. March 2010
A radio station called this morning to ask me for some money-saving tips for all-around gardening. On a moment’s notice, this is what I came up with: 1. Start your plants now from seeds. April 1 is the official start date for tomatoes and other seeds here in the Northeast, although warm-season gardeners probably already have [...]
Continue reading...How Can Leaves Be Lunch for the Lawn? Here’s a Primer
30. March 2010
Sometimes I need to be reminded I’m too close to a subject. Yesterday, when I posted my “Free Lunches For the Lawn” book excerpt, I received a few private emails from folks who didn’t understand how leaves, grass clippings and other materials could become food for the lawn. It seems evident to me, but that’s [...]
Continue reading...A Chemical Reaction: Two Maine Shows in the Next Two Days
30. March 2010
SOUTH PORTLAND, MAINE — After visits to 25 states and four Canadian provinces in the past three months, the award-winning environmental and health film A Chemical Reaction and its producers will spend Easter week in their home state of Maine. Two shows are planned, beginning Wednesday evening at 7 at Jewett Auditorium on the campus [...]
Continue reading...Free Lunches for the Lawn
29. March 2010
A radio station in Maine called last week with a question about how to save money on lawncare this season. For the response I trotted out my time-honored list titled “Free Lunches for the Lawn,” which is excerpted from my book, The Organic Lawn Care Manual (Storey, 2007): The following materials will all provide fertilizer value [...]
Continue reading...NBC Showcases A Chemical Reaction
27. March 2010
This video and review aired last night on the NBC affiliate WCSH6 in Maine and New Hampshire: http://www.wcsh6.com/news/health/story.aspx?storyid=115916&catid=8. After our screening today at the Delray Beach Film Festival, the movie will appear Wednesday in South Portland, Maine, at Southern Maine Community College’s Jewett Auditorium and Thursday at Yarmouth High School’s Performing Arts Center.
Continue reading...Lawn Guy Feels Earth Day’s Pain
26. March 2010
Tom Kelly says he knows how Earth Day feels. The organization really wanted to believe it was doing something right by helping to promote earth-friendly landscaping, and only unwittingly got caught up in what we’re calling TruGate — a rather scandalous attempt by TruGreen/ChemLawn to greenwash its tawdry business practices at the expense of Earth [...]
Continue reading...Dangerous Pesticides? Here’s Today’s Evidence
25. March 2010
It still strikes me as odd, in this enlightened day and age, when I receive questions like the one a reporter asked yesterday: “Is there really any scientific proof that pesticides are bad?” Trying to be respectful, I did my best not to smirk, roll my eyes, or laugh out loud, especially since a TV [...]
Continue reading...Chalk One Up for Social Networking: Earth Day Drops ChemLawn
24. March 2010
Risa Edelstein didn’t let a moment pass. As soon as she heard in our SafeLawns Weekly Update last Monday, March 15, that TruGreen/ChemLawn had sponsored Earth Day, she posted a Facebook page titled, simply enough “STOP TruGreen from Sponsoring Earth Day.” Hundreds of other SafeLawns members didn’t hesitate, either. The fan page was soon bustling with [...]
Continue reading...On Eve of New York Pesticide Vote, Report Shows Organics Costs Less
22. March 2010
On the eve of the New York state legislature considering Bill 4983-A that would ban pesticides on any school or daycare grounds, as well as athletic fields, our friend and colleague Chip Osborne has co-authored a groundbreaking report that proves what many of us knew all along: organics are less expensive than synthetic chemicals. Osborne, [...]
Continue reading...- Miracle Gro Deal with Wildlife Federation Outrages Environmental Community
- Citing Guilty Plea, Wildlife Federation Ends Agreement with Scotts
- Chemical Industry Convinces Toronto Flower Show to Ban Film
- Researcher: Roundup May Be Causing Miscarriages in Cattle, Humans
- Groundcover Wednesday: Lemon Thyme
- Amidst Wildlife Federation Firestorm, Scotts Miracle Gro Fined $4.5 Million for Toxic Bird Seed, Falsifying Records
- SafeLawns T-Shirts & Lawn Signs Now Available
- Good Morning America to Showcase Natural Pesticides
- Use New Neem Product for Grub Control
- As Wildlife Federation Defends Its Greed, Scotts Continues to Assault Our Sensibilities
- Elisabeth Beaubien: howdy Paul, sodium laurel sulfate... perhaps no...
- Karina Zedalis: Many school & municipal sports fields are heav...
- jack: One sign is not enough. On our soccer fields, the...
- Tom: I just got unwanted service from Scotts. They spr...
- The Weed's Network: Great environmental eductation Paul. Thanks. Dav...
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