Archive | July, 2011
New Brunswick Latest Province to Take Steps Toward Banning Pesticides
Following the lead of Quebec, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, and hopefully, soon, British Columbia, New Brunswick is taking first steps toward banning use of cosmetic pesticides. The Daily Gleaner is reporting that 4,000 signatures were collected this past year by Tracy Glynn, forest campaigner for the Conservation Council of New Brunswick. In the article, Glynn [...]
Continue reading...Book Excerpt: Natural Fertilizer Sources
28. July 2011
Our free-market society conditions us to think we need to purchase products for everything — and this is especially true in gardening and lawn care. Having been raised by a family of dairy farmers, I fondly remember growing vegetable and flower gardens with nothing more for fertilizer than cow manure and manure “tea.” Here’s an excerpt [...]
Continue reading...Non-GMO Seed Supply Shrinking
27. July 2011
Think you still have lots of choices when it comes to seeds? Not so. An article published by Natural News explains how the seed industry has changed over the last decades. Besides farmers who are signing the genetically-modified pledge and effectively losing the ability to use any other seed, the biotech industry has been buying up [...]
Continue reading...Getting a Drift? The Law May Be On Your Side
26. July 2011
In a case that has potentially profound implications for not only farmers, but homeowners bothered by pesticide applications, a Minnesota court has ruled in favor of organic farmers whose livelihood has been impacted by pesticide drift. Here’s a review of the case by our friends at Beyond Pesticides: http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/
Continue reading...Pesticide Run-Off Likely Responsible for Fish Kill off P.E.I.
25. July 2011
Over the weekend, hundreds of dead fish appeared along the banks of the Trout and Big Pierre Jacques Rivers in Prince Edward Island. The Star is reporting that Rosanne MacFarlane, a biologist working with the Environment Department, is looking into pesticide run-off as the possible cause. Although about 200 fish have been collected, MacFarlane said [...]
Continue reading...Purdue Professors Join In Warning Against New Weed Killer Imprelis
25. July 2011
The local Indiana Fox affiliate is reporting that some Purdue agronomy professors are advising lawn care professionals to stay away from Imprellis. The Purdue professors join a number of scientists and landscape professionals who’ve warned about the broadleaf herbicide’s toxic effect on evergreens and ornamentals. The Purdue-based Indiana State Chemist has received 150 complaints against the [...]
Continue reading...Court Rules Drifting Pesticide Could Count as Trepassing
25. July 2011
The Minnesota state Court of Appeals ruled today that pesticide drifting from its intended farm onto an adjacent Stearns County organic farm could be considered a trespassing violation by the company that sprayed the pesticide. The appellate court ruling reinstates a lawsuit filed by Oluf and Debra Johnson against Paynesville Farmers Union Oil Company. In [...]
Continue reading...Give Them an Inch, They’ll Take Your Yard
25. July 2011
July 24 Give them an inch, they’ll take your yard The best way to minimize backyard pests is to have the most naturally healthy lawn and garden you can. By Ray Routhier rrouthier@mainetoday.com Staff Writer, The Portland Press Herald There’s a reason your backyard is full of pests. Lots of reasons, actually. If you know when beetles lay their eggs, you [...]
Continue reading...Two More Kissing Bandits Strike
25. July 2011
When we checked our in-box this morning after several days out of the office at the end of last week, we found the requisite questions about the heat (don’t mow! water deeply once a week if you water at all! the lawn will do dormant, but won’t die!). We also found lots of questions about [...]
Continue reading...Melting Arctic Ice Releasing Banned Pesticides
24. July 2011
The Guardian is reporting that scientists from Canada and Norway have discovered via air measurements that persistent organic pollutants (POPS), banned under the 2004 Stockholm Convention, are seeping out from Arctic ice as global temperatures rise. The researchers warn that the amount of the poisons in the polar region is unknown and their release could “undermine [...]
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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