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If you have some time on your hands, check out our conversation with host June Stoyer on The Organic View: http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-organic-view-blog-talk/id384349742. We had a comprehensive discussion about the history of SafeLawns and the making of A Chemical Reaction in a segment titled “The American Lawn Care Obsession.” And in our weekly appearance on NBC, we talk [...]
Continue reading...Groundcover Wednesdays: Golden Creeper
7. July 2010
Week 4: Golden Creeper Among the fair criticisms of our national organization is that much of our information is geared for the northern part of the country. As the SafeLawns founder, I have traveled North America extensively, from the Florida Keys, to the Hawaiian Islands and most of the provinces of Canada. But as someone [...]
Continue reading...A Month’s Worth of Lawn Tips . . . in One Day
5. July 2010
Here’s a link to information we supplied to The Daily Green (pre-broken wrist): http://www.thedailygreen.com/green-homes/eco-friendly/organic-lawn-care-tips-47071704?click=getstarted
Continue reading...The Party Lives on for Fiesta Weed Control
16. June 2010
Calling his product the “holy grail” of natural selective weed control, the chief technical officer of Neudorff is positively ebullient about the reception of “Fiesta” in Canada. “The launch of Fiesta in Canada has been a great success,” says Cam Wilson, Neudorff’s chief technical officer in North America. Neudorff North America manufactures Fiesta, which is [...]
Continue reading...Groundcover Wednesdays: Stonecrop ‘Goldmoss’ Sedum
16. June 2010
Week Two: Stonecrop Goldmoss Sedum I remember becoming fascinated with this plant when I visited the grave site of President Kennedy in Arlington, Va., a few years ago. Just before the plant went into bloom, the foliage had a warm, rugged appearance cozied in between the granite stones quarried on Cape Cod. Later that year, when I [...]
Continue reading...Compost Tea: Resources for Brewing Your Own
14. June 2010
Applications of compost “tea” have been around as long as gardening has been around. Long before science proved the efficacy of compost tea, our forebears just instinctively knew that the substance — biologically active liquid — would have beneficial results in the soil. And while many are still mired in the debate about whether compost tea [...]
Continue reading...Video Tip of the Week: Controlling Slugs
14. June 2010
Slugs are not a huge problem on most lawns, but can be an awful nuisance just about everywhere else. Here is a how-to video that discusses some treatment options: http://www.wcsh6.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=118886. Here’s a link back to an article we had on the subject last July: http://www.safelawns.org/blog/index.php/2009/07/here-are-your-options-with-slugs/. I sure hope it doesn’t rain so much that we’re [...]
Continue reading...Groundcover Wednesday: Lemon Thyme
9. June 2010
With the onset of summer and in honor of beginning our second year of the blog, we’re adding a new feature beginning today: Groundcover Wednesdays. Offered up under the premise that properties shouldn’t be designed with turfgrass alone, these weekly posts will focus on some of the best grass replacement plants, or plants for those [...]
Continue reading...Mow vs. Grow? Edible Flowers are the Clear Winner
8. June 2010
I mowed my lawn last night. After a long day that included dropping the children off at daycare, registering the car, driving said car 350 miles and then dashing back to the office to answer a few dozen emails, I came home and took out the mower. I like the machine well enough, mind you. [...]
Continue reading...Take Pause Before Rushing Out For Ant Control
1. June 2010
With the unofficial arrival of summer across North America often comes the mad dash to the pesticide aisle of your local garden center for insect control, especially ant sprays and baits. Having spent four years producing a television show with Roger Swain for HGTV, I became well schooled in all the reasons NOT to kill ants. [...]
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