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. ...

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 ...

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 is relatively new. Since the white powder is water soluble, it's far easier t ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE [caption id="attachment_3121" align="alignleft" width="563" caption="Pearls Premium grass seed is a low-maintenance option for North American lawns."][/caption] 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 w ...

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 want to know about an alternative crabgrass preventer that doesn't involve toxic chemicals. The answer(s) all ...

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. ...

Organic lawn care doesn't really conform to a step-by-step process, but here are all the points to consider when you plan out your organic lawn makeover: ...

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. ...

[caption id="attachment_2437" align="alignleft" width="504" caption="This area of the Rose Kennedy Greenway in downtown Boston has not received any applications of synthetic fertilizers or herbicides — only applications of compost tea provided by Boston Tree Preservation of Woburn, Mass., as a part of ongoing organic lawn trials."][/caption] Granting a favor to a Maryland non-profit institution that is in t ...

[caption id="attachment_2420" align="alignleft" width="375" caption="The SafeLawns lawn signs say it all about people's changing attitudes with regard to lawn care."][/caption] 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 ...