Tag Archive | "Organic Lawn Care"

SafeLawns on Radio and TV

Thursday, July 29, 2010

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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 [...]

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Campus Lawns: The Turf War Has Begun

Monday, July 19, 2010

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Between wrist rehab, a looming writing deadline for a major project and a short family vacation, this blog has been silent for the past week. To kick things off for this week, I wanted to pass along a post from my colleagues at LawnReform: http://www.gardenrant.com/my_weblog/2010/07/lawnsoncampus.html. It’s rich food for thought . . . from institutions [...]

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Coastal Home Magazine: A Lawncare Reform is Underway

Monday, July 12, 2010

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http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/751f5227#/751f5227/68 Says I’m “very polarizing.” Right now, I’m just very sore. But it’s a nice article.

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A Month’s Worth of Lawn Tips . . . in One Day

Monday, July 5, 2010

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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

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Getting Started with Lawns and Compost

Thursday, July 1, 2010

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Pecking around the Internet with my one good finger . . . A review of our book: http://lawncare.about.com/od/productreviews/gr/organicmanualreview.htm And a good summary of how to get started with compost: http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=11054856

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Blog to be Limited This Week

Sunday, June 27, 2010

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Due to a severely broken wrist suffered in a fall, blog activity will be severely limited until further notice.

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On Our First Anniversary: Your Top 10 Posts

Friday, June 18, 2010

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It’s absolutely amazing to me that a year has passed since I rather randomly declared that I would post a daily blog on the SafeLawns.org web site. “Daily?” many asked, questioning my rationale and stamina. “Why not weekly?” True to the original goal, though, June 18 marks the one-year anniversary of the SafeLawns Daily Blog and, [...]

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Weeds & Wildness

Monday, June 14, 2010

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I happened upon this blog post by accident. Part book review and part general observation, it’s an interesting perspective from someone who clearly doesn’t usually spend much time thinking about lawn care: http://dearouterspace.blogspot.com/2010/06/weeds-and-wildness.html. I’ve read the book she’s reviewing, A Weed by Any Other Name, and also found it to be time well spent.

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Article: The Lawns They Are A Changing

Monday, June 14, 2010

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Here is an article from an on-line news source that offers a comprehensive look at the state of the organic lawn care revolution in the U.S.: http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=51805

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New York to Approve Organic Lawn Care Professionals

Thursday, June 10, 2010

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I need to look more into this — specifically what the criteria will be — but it’s intriguing nonetheless. New York state will apparently begin an approval process for organic lawn care professionals: http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=939580&category=BUSINESS.

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