Tag Archive | "Organic Lawn Care"
A Tale of Two Photographs
I mowed the lawn. Or, I should say, I prepared to mow the lawn. I should begin by telling you that I enjoy mowing; I always have, ever since we upgraded from the hellaciously heavy wood and steel reel mower when I was 9 and I was able to push our new gasoline-powered mower all [...]
Continue reading...Company Boss: TruGreen ‘Didn’t Meet Expectations’
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
In a surprisingly candid interview with his hometown newspaper, the Memphis Daily News, the CEO of ServiceMaster offered up yet another scathing commentary on the performance of TruGreen, the company formerly known as ChemLawn: http://www.memphisdailynews.com/news/2011/aug/26/ceo-shift-in-strategies-necessary-for-trugreen/. Saying the long-suffering division of ServiceMaster “didn’t meet expectations,” company CEO Hank Mullany took his own shot at the sales and service [...]
Continue reading...Our Organic Lawn Trials: Month 13
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Anyone feel the earthquake today? Wow! It was my first earthquake experience in my 50-plus years and, for 30 seconds or so, the world literally seemed to be twisting and turning. I’m guessing it will be one of those “do-you-remember-where-you-were-when” moments. I happened to be at Glenstone, the modern art museum in Potomac, Md., where the [...]
Continue reading...Another Kissing Bandit Strikes
Friday, August 19, 2011
We never know when they’re going to strike next, but another one arrived today — adding to the growing legion of Kissing Bandits who protest their neighbors’ use of toxic lawn chemicals wearing nothing more than our “Kiss My Grass” T-shirts.
Continue reading...SafeLawns Talk Slated for June 13 in Washington, D.C.
Friday, June 3, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Glenstone Brings Tukey for Pesticide Reduction Seminar WASHINGTON, D.C. — As part of an ongoing campaign to reduce the application of toxic pesticides in the Chesapeake Bay region, America’s leading expert on natural lawn care will present a free educational lecture titled “SafeLawns: Why & How to Create a Beautiful Landscape Naturally” on Monday, [...]
Continue reading...Are You Falling Into The “More-On” Approach?
Saturday, May 28, 2011
May 23, 2011 BLR Green Team: Creating a Sustainable Workplace at BLR Are You Falling Into The “More-On” Approach? by Amanda Czepiel I attended the NEIWPCC conference in Saratoga Springs, New York, last week. Although I have known of the dangers and environmental effects of pesticide use on lawns for years, the keynote speaker, Paul Tukey, really drove the [...]
Continue reading...Mole Troubles? “Moles are Nature’s Insect Control”
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Home remedies ineffective on moles, voles: Ask the Ground Crew Published: Wednesday, May 25, 2011, 3:27 PM Over the winter, moles established twisting trails in our front lawn. How do I get rid of the moles? What do I do about the mole trails ? — Bob House, Avon For the past two winters, some kind of burrowing [...]
Continue reading...Great Article on a Great Grass Seed
Sunday, May 15, 2011
This article about one of our SafeLawns sponsoring partners popped up today: http://www.wbur.org/2011/05/13/uber-grass. Pearls Premium continues to do a great job of getting the word out about natural lawn care.
Continue reading...Mainstream Garden Center Publication On the SafeLawns Message
Monday, April 18, 2011
We were delighted to see this conversation picked up by one of the nation’s leading publications for garden centers: http://www.todaysgardencenter.com/news/newsacrosschannels/?storyid=4246
Continue reading...Use New Neem Product for Grub Control
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Since our post last week about mole and vole control, we’ve had numerous questions about the water soluble neem product known as Azasol. Neem is derived from the seeds of an evergreen tree, Azadirachta indica, native to India. Neem oil has been available in this country for about 20 years, but the patented water-soluble innovation [...]
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
- Former Chemical Applicator: 'I Am Literally Ashamed of Myself for Being Part of It'
- Researcher: Roundup May Be Causing Miscarriages in Cattle, Humans
- Groundcover Wednesday: Lemon Thyme
- Sometimes, You Just Have to Mow . . .
- Government Agency: We Must Reduce Toxics
- Amidst Wildlife Federation Firestorm, Scotts Miracle Gro Fined $4.5 Million for Toxic Bird Seed, Falsifying Records
- Corn Gluten Meal as Weed Control?: 20 Years Later, the Jury is Still Out
- Ken Mitchell: This is all great, but what can we do about the on...
- Mary Allen: Yeah for ethics! Not everyone is a whore for the ...
- Paul Tukey: Beverly, Send me an email at Paul@SafeLawns.org an...
- Beverly Herran: My partner and i observed your content has a copyr...
- Dianne Laheurte: Congratulations to you and Safelawns, Paul, for sp...
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