The Internet being the amazing communication tool that it is, we get questions from some incredibly far-flung places. Yesterday a follower in Nigeria said she was afraid of the products in her local garden center and wanted our help in deciding what to buy to spray on her lawn. Soon afterward, a reporter from New [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 7, 2010
As sickening as the Gulf oil crisis appears on television, it turned positively nauseating today for me during a phone conversation with a colleague who experienced the Exxon Valdez oil spill first hand in Alaska. And though this blog doesn’t typically concern itself with matters outside the realm of gardening and lawn care, this is [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, June 5, 2010
During a Google search the other day, I happened upon a blog item titled “The Indisputable Truths About Pesticides,” so naturally I had to stop and read. Since the article was parked on the site of the Lawn Dawg company, a regional chemical spray operation based in Nashua, N.H., I knew I was in for [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, June 2, 2010
If you follow daily worldwide news about pesticides, you know that virtually all days are the same. Story after story tells us that pesticides are causing harm; shill after shill for the chemical industry lines up to say pesticides are perfectly safe. Take today’s news: Here’s a clip from the corn belt about a woman [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, May 29, 2010
In my travels, I’ve seen adherence to belief in the sanctity of pesticides most fervent in what is known as the “farm belt,” a region of Midwestern states that rely on agriculture as a way of life. That’s why this news story yesterday really caught our eye: http://www.lovelycitizen.com/story/1638807.html
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Our friends at Beyond Pesticides in Washington, D.C., posted this great article and video about a pesticide protest led by a 9-year-old boy in Colorado. Great stuff! http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=3599
Continue reading...Saturday, May 8, 2010
I enjoyed the post by our friend, Tom Kelly, at Fire Belly Organics: http://firebellylawncare.com/blog/.
Continue reading...Thursday, May 6, 2010
More than 100 people from the U.S. and Canada emailed me today about the same subject. An elite group of doctors that comprise the President’s Cancer Panel today issued perhaps the most damning report in U.S. history on the health impacts of chemicals. Titled “Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk: What We Can Do Now,” the report [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 29, 2010
The chemical industry constantly stands behind the assertion that its products are safe — because they’re approved by the Environmental Protection Agency in the United States. If you believe that to be true, even for a second, read this: http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/04/29/epa-probe-politics-shortages-affect-environmental-agencys-wor/
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Carole Feldman of the Associated Press called recently to discuss organic lawn care at length. Her story hit the wire service yesterday and it’s getting play in hundreds of newspapers worldwide. Here’s a link to a paper in Taiwan: http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1239641&lang=eng_news&cate_img=317.jpg&cate_rss=news_Features.
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Friday, June 11, 2010
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