Rid Your Lawn of Chemicals
For a variety of reasons it’s important to learn how your yard can play a role in reducing toxins in our communities. It is so serious that everyone understands the heavy toll that public health, water quality and the environment can pay for our lawn care choices. What’s most important is understanding that there are non-toxic lawn care options are for homeowners and every yard can make a difference.
We should be urging other residents, schools and park managers throughout New Jersey to re-examine their lawn care practices. Many schools, towns, and states have banned certain lawn chemicals. You don't have to sacrifice an attractive lawn. We are fortunate to live in a time when safer lawn care alternatives exist that are not only highly effective, but economical over time.
Jennifer Dowd
10:43 pm on Tuesday, October 2, 2012
I love how you connect the effects of individual actions with it's impact on all of us who share the same watershed.
I get the impression from talking to residents around town that many people know the effects of spraying pesticides and fertilizers on the ground.
What do you think?
Is more public education needed or is there a critical mass that understands the connection between municipal and individual choices to spray harmful chemicals on the land and it's direct effect on the health of us and our families?
Steve
9:58 am on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Great Op-Ed, gives no specifics or facts. Title says "Rid Your Lawn of Chemicals", but the writers does not say how, what chemicals to avoid and why, etc...
Jennifer Dowd
7:49 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
One thing to make your lawn green is to add clover to it. It puts nitrogen in to the soil and will keep your lawn green without harmful fertilizers.
Steve
8:24 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
I got clover in my lawn, my grandfather tough me that a long time ago that it was good to have even though some people think of it as unattractive and a weed. Also in grade school (many years ago) I believe we were taught that farmers planted clover for a season when the rotated out a field.