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GREEN WITH ANSWERS: The natural way to a green lawn

18.05.12

Did you know there is poison in the grass?

At least in some grass.

 It’s that time of year again to get out the fertilizer, weed killer and pest preventative treatments for the lawn. According to a report by Professor Nathan Diegelman   www.goodheartgroupinc.com/lawn/poison.pdf

Unfortunately, while we are making our grass grow we are waging war with  poisons on some of the natural, beneficial gifts that Mother Nature has given us, such as earthworms. The earthworms don’t tolerate those treatments very well and they truly are a gift that should be protected in our lawns. Earthworm “castings” are actually sold as garden and soil enrichments as they are loaded with nutrients. You can buy earthworms so that your lawn and garden can be aerated and enriched by their activity. You can find these on the Internet.

You may have already heard that our frog population is declining because herbicides and pesticides have done a job on their reproduction. Those little green guys help us by consuming bugs for breakfast, lunch and dinner. All those fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides affect our environment in so many ways and eventually end up in our lakes and in some water supplies.

Source: Wicked Local

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