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The 160-year-old reason you’re obsessed with your lawn
June 11, 2020
Frederick Law Olmstead aimed to bring nature to suburban doorsteps. Instead he helped create a dead zone for wildlife. By Grace Wade June 1, 2020 Just three miles outside Chicago lies Riverside, Illinois, a quiet 1,600-acre village that looks like a tidy Stepford suburb. Few people, however, know that it helped set the mold for many more ‘burbs to come.
Read MoreKeep off the grass and other lawn-care fundamentals
June 11, 2020
BY PAUL HETZLER (COOPERATIVE EXTENSON EDUCATOR) , IN VAL-DES-MONTS, QC Share May 30, 2020 —
Read MoreClearwater City Officials: Skip The Fertilizer To Keep Summer Safe For Waterways
June 11, 2020
"Summer rains wash fertilizer into lakes and oceans, spoiling the water and ruining summer's fun." By Press Release Desk, News Partner Jun 1, 2020 10:00 pm ET|Updated Jun 1, 2020 10:14 pm ET Press release from the City of Clearwater: 6/1/2020 - 9:27 AM
Read MoreAs our lakes reopen, NJ must do more to protect them
June 1, 2020
As our lakes reopen, NJ must do more to protect them JEFF TITTEL /NEW JERSEY /25 MAY 2020 | 09:01
Read MoreFertilizer restrictions begin June 1
June 1, 2020
By BOB MUDGE Senior Writer, May 28, 2020 The dark water seen is a red tide bloom in 2018 off a Southwest Florida barrier island. SARASOTA — June 1 is both the beginning of hurricane season and the day that the county’s ban on the use of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers goes into effect each year.
Read MoreCommunity Connections: Master gardener offers grass-growing tips
June 1, 2020
By Edward Hutchison, Published 5:00 am EDT, Thursday, May 28, 2020 If the thousands of grass plants in your lawn could talk, they’d be saying: “I’m hungry.” Hungry, indeed. As April was warming, the plants broke out of dormancy by digging deeper into the soil with vigorous root growth, preparing for a hot and maybe dry summer. Feeding grass in March or April can be counter-productive because it “pushes” the plant to grow green rather than grow roots.
Read MoreAmerica’s Killer Lawns - Homeowners use up 10 times more pesticide per acre than farmers do. But we can change what we do in our own yards.
May 22, 2020
By Margaret Renkl Contributing Opinion Writer May 18, 2020
Read MoreThe argument for killing your lawn
May 15, 2020
Jon Gorey - Globe Correspondent - May 13, 2020 5:18 pm Admit it: As much as you love your lawn, there are moments when you’ve cursed it. Farming a green patch of grass is surprisingly time-consuming, resource-intensive, and costly.
Read MoreEco Talk: Tips for healthy lawn management
May 7, 2020
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Read MoreWhen and how you should fertilize your lawn
May 7, 2020
Overdoing it can burn grass, pollute waterways with runoff By Carol Stocker Globe Correspondent,Updated May 3, 2020, 12:00 a.m.
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