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Out of fashion: Green lawns

August 22, 2010 Art Zemon

If you have a lawn, check out Out of fashion: Green lawns at USA Today.

Ecology, Gardening

2,4-D Precautions

June 13, 2010 Art Zemon

The chemical 2,4-D is a primary ingredient in many common home-use herbicides and I always figured that it must be safe. This morning, I was disturbed to find this on OSHA’s Occupational Safety and Health Guideline for 2,4-D (DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID): Personal Hygiene Procedures If 2,4-D contacts the skin, workers should immediately wash the affected areas with soap […]

Gardening, Health, Safety

Beautiful Chemical-Free Lawn

May 22, 2010 Art Zemon

My venture into natural lawn care has produced a beautiful lawn, far exceeding my expectations. Let me tell you what I have done and then relate a funny (but true) story from Wednesday evening. I had a soil analysis performed by the University of Missouri extension and, while waiting for the results, I applied some […]

Ecology, Gardening

Recycling Without Trucks or Gasoline

March 28, 2010 Art Zemon

Compost Bin

We have several “tufts” of tall-grass around the edge of our patio. Last year, I tried letting it go au naturel, which is a technical term meaning: I let it be and didn’t tend it at all. I didn’t like that. It looked scraggly pretty much all the time. So this year, I went back […]

Ecology, Gardening

My Lawn, Naturally

March 14, 2010 Art Zemon

I’ve got over 7,300 square feet of grass outside my house. Who knew? Not me, that’s for sure! Yesterday, I picked up a bag of Concern Weed Prevention Plus from Worm’s Way in Olivette, MO. I did that because, almost a year ago, our lawn care company stopped showing up to care for our lawn. […]

Ecology, Gardening

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