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Free Lunches for the Lawn

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 [...]

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Fixing Nitrogen: Why Synthetic Fertilizer Isn’t Necessary

Tomorrow it will be March and that means, in many parts of the country, the call will go out: Ready . . . Set . . . Fertilize. Whether we’re planning tomatoes or a lush green lawn, our nature is to help Mother Nature by adding a bunch of stuff to the soil that we’ve [...]

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Alternatives: Part I

In light of the heated New Hampshire testimony this week, I feel compelled to renew the focus on safer and sustainable alternatives the chemical fertilizers and pesticides. To begin the process, here are two links to posts from 2009 that review the basic fundamentals of natural fertilizers: http://www.safelawns.org/blog/index.php/2009/07/natural-fertilizers-part-i/ http://www.safelawns.org/blog/index.php/2009/07/natural-fertilizer-part-ii/

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