Tag Archive | "Organic Lawn Care"
Use New Neem Product for Grub Control
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...Pearls Premium Joins SafeLawns Mission
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WAYLAND, MASS. — Pearls Premium, the little Massachusetts seed company that has helped spark a national conversation about environmentally friendly lawn grasses, has joined the nationwide SafeLawns Foundation’s movement. “The way this company has captured the media’s attention in such a short span of time is impressive,” said SafeLawns founder Paul Tukey. “Pearls Premium [...]
Continue reading...Alternative to Corn Gluten for Crabgrass? Try Compost
Monday, March 28, 2011
The interest in corn gluten meal as a pre-emergent weed control for crabgrass and other weeds continues to amaze us here at SafeLawns. Our post on the subject was easily the most visited of the year thus far. And since we’re not big fans of corn gluten meal, especially given the cost, loads of folks [...]
Continue reading...Harvard Magazine: When the Grass Isn’t Greener
Monday, March 21, 2011
Here’s a great article published in the Harvard Magazine about the natural lawn care movement: http://harvardmagazine.com/2011/03/when-grass-isnt-greener.
Continue reading...Organic Gardening Magazine: The Dark Side of Lawns
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Here is a link from Organic Gardening Magazine, forwarded to us from a colleague at Espoma: http://www.organicgardening.com/learn-and-grow/dark-side-lawns?cm_mmc=OGNews-_-2010_12_22-_-learnandgrow-_-the_dark_side_of_lawns. The article also includes a sidebar about the “six-step” organic lawn care plan.
Continue reading...Tea Applications on Lawn Care: The Boston Tour
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Granting a favor to a Maryland non-profit institution that is in the process of converting its property from synthetic chemical landscape management to organic solutions, we spent Monday traveling throughout the Greater Boston region viewing public parks, playing fields and private residences that have been treated with organic lawn care techniques for the past few [...]
Continue reading...Guest Blog by Tom Kelly: Lawn Care Companies Better Switch Rather Than Fight in 2011
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
NOTE: Tom Kelly of New Hampshire was co-founder of one of the largest chemical lawn care companies in New England. Recently he launched an all-organic lawn care supply company, Fire Belly Organics, in response to his belief that lawn chemicals were harming people, pets and the planet. This is his second guest blog for SafeLawns.org. BY [...]
Continue reading...Felder Rushing Asks: Why Not a Meadow Lawn?
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Felder Rushing from Mississippi is one of the nation’s pre-eminent gardening communicators. I happened to catch his weekly column today: http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20101117/COL0702/11170305/1020/feat/Meadow-lawns-deserve-recognition
Continue reading...Washington Post: Changes Coming in Lawn Care
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Chemical lawn care practices are being blamed for runoff problems affecting the Chesapeake Bay: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/07/AR2010110704545_pf.html
Continue reading...Guest Blog: The Difference Between Calcium and Gypsum
Monday, November 8, 2010
After last week’s guest blog by agronomist Craig Dick, a SafeLawns member asked us to elaborate the differences between gypsum and calcium. Here is Craig’s answer: Lime Calcium carbonate is the active ingredient in agricultural lime . Calcium carbonate, CaCO3, is a common substance found in all parts of the world, and is the main component of [...]
Continue reading...- Miracle Gro Deal with Wildlife Federation Outrages Environmental Community
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- 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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