Tag Archive | "Organic Lawn Care"

Felder Rushing Asks: Why Not a Meadow Lawn?

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

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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

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Washington Post: Changes Coming in Lawn Care

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

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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

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Guest Blog: The Difference Between Calcium and Gypsum

Monday, November 8, 2010

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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 [...]

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Organic Lawn Accreditation Course Set for January

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

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The Northeast Organic Farmers Association have pioneered standards and teaching for organic lawn care. The next five-day course has just been scheduled for Newburyport, Mass., a beautiful coastal town north of Boston near the New Hampshire border. Professionals from across the United States have taken these courses in the past; they’re highly recommended for anyone who [...]

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A Visit to Martha’s Farm

Friday, October 1, 2010

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When we visited Martha Stewart’s personal residence in New York Tuesday afternoon, a photographer was on hand to capture every nuance of the visit for Martha’s blog: http://www.themarthablog.com/2010/10/an-organic-lawn-care-expert-visits-my-farm.html#comments. I have since confirmed that the two weeds were we asked to identify are horsenettle and black swallow-wort. We’ll be offering up eradication strategies and welcome any [...]

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5 Chores You Can Skip

Monday, September 20, 2010

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Check out Chore Number 2: http://realestate.msn.com/article.aspx?cp-documentid=25531734&GT1=35000

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Fall Lawn Tasks: Here’s a Review

Thursday, September 9, 2010

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In the northern half of the nation, the days are still warm, the nights are cool and Mother Nature usually provides plenty of rain. The humidity drops, biting insects take a break and garden centers start putting many products on sale. Welcome, in other words, to the gardening utopia known as autumn. This is a great [...]

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Boulder Embraces Organics

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

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Considered to be one of the “greenest places to live in America” by numerous publications, the city of Boulder appears poised to live up to its reputation with garden to lawn care. “It’s exciting out there, it really is,” said nationally recognized organic turf expert Chip Osborne of Osborne Organics of Marblehead, Mass., after his [...]

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Research Unearths Complexities of Organic Systems

Monday, August 30, 2010

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Those of us who preach organic gardening and farming in religious tones almost always buck up against science, which has forever struggled to explain what we accept as innate understanding. In other words, the scientists usually denounce what they can’t prove beyond a shadow of a doubt. That’s why the study out of the University [...]

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Weekly Video TIp: Don’t Let Those Weeds Drop Their Seeds

Saturday, August 28, 2010

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http://www.wcsh6.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=125722&catid=2

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