Lawn Care, Soil Life
Lawn Weeds are often viewed as a nuisance and an unwelcome addition to a lawn, but they are actually an important indicator of the health of your soil. Weeds can be considered the “canaries in the coal mine” of your lawn, as their presence often indicates...
Lawn Care
Lawn care can be a tricky business. Many homeowners rely on fertilizers to keep their lawns looking lush and green, but what they may not realize is that these fertilizers only address a small fraction of the elements that contribute to soil and plant health. In fact,...
Lawn Care, Soil Life
Nature is an intricate web of interdependent parts, and soil health is a crucial part of this web. In order for a lawn to be truly healthy, it must be seen as a part of the larger ecosystem, rather than as a separate entity. Weeds, for example, are not simply a...
Lawn Care
By Tom Philpott on Feb 24, 2010 “Fertilizer is good for the father and bad for the sons.”–Dutch saying For all of its ecological baggage, synthetic nitrogen does one good deed for the environment: it helps build carbon in soil. At least, that’s what scientists have...
Lawn Care
“The first rule of sustainability is to align with natural forces, or at least not try to defy them. ” Paul Hawken There is an adage that has long been associated with sustainability. To paraphrase it….”Sustainable practices come about through the individual...
Lawn Care
There’s an old adage that says if something is advertised as “Too Good To Be True”, then it usually is. So what does this mean when it comes to the growing and nurturing of your lawn? Well, if you ask most conventional lawn care companies, they’ll tell you that what...
