John Weiss, the founder of Chickitty Doo Doo fertilizers in Wisconsin, responded to yesterday's blog post with this thorough explanation of his operation. We decided to post it here to give it a bit more attention: I agree with the basic premise of your blog that these legislators have good intentions, but do not know that their actions have consequences relative to organic fertilizers. One of the reasons w ...

A Movie Review, by John Valentine It is hard to believe that a subject like lawn care would find you awake after a ninety minute film, but it does. This past month, I had the privilege of attending a screening for the documentary A Chemical Reaction. It is the story of an organization called SafeLawns.org whose ultimate goal is to eliminate the usage of harmful pesticides and other chemicals commonly used t ...