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From: Billy on 19 Apr 2010 11:38 In article <v2Yyn.56310$Ht4.1150(a)newsfe20.iad>, "Lelandite" <bckwrds(a)q.com> wrote: > "Billy" <wildbilly(a)withouta.net> wrote in message > news:wildbilly-CA289F.13252518042010(a)c-61-68-245-199.per.connect.net.au... > > In article <tlems59i4s3vpircm0f1ujio8gkv9r5atf(a)4ax.com>, > > Howard Brazee <howard(a)brazee.net> wrote: > > > >> On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:47:43 -0700 (PDT), Manco > >> <musefan2009(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> >Of course golf course keepers use tons of chemicals to kill any weeds > >> >on the greens and fairways. > >> > >> And it often works. > > > > While it kills anything natural around it e.g. soil organisms, insects, > > natural plants, and leaves behind a residue of death (biocides). > > -- > > - Billy > > there's new products that's a plural > on the market and > it's not that's a singular (?) > quite the killer as you > describe above. Demand for new products that don't cause harm > to being green are in high demand and if that's what the people > will buy, it will/is be produced. Corn gluten is used as a pre-emergent herbicide, and is organic, but one whiff of Dow, or Monsanto: "RUN"!. > > Not sure what I use but my home and yard attracts many birds of > severel species, it's a good thing I like worms though I do admitt the > nightcrawlers are kinda creepy (unless I'm fishing) my leaves on my > plants stay healthy until it's time for them to fall. > > Read the package when you go shopping and you'll most likely find something > out there that will work for you and is not full poison. But then I'm not > looking for my yard to look like a golf course. Lawns were (are) a conceit of the rich, demonstrating that they could afford to leave some of their lands fallow. Understood or not, they are status symbols, and not very interesting ones at that. > > Donna > in WA zone8 > > > > > > "Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the > > merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Arn3lF5XSUg > > http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Zinn/HZinn_page.html -- - Billy "Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Arn3lF5XSUg http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Zinn/HZinn_page.html
From: Lelandite on 20 Apr 2010 12:12 "JohnO" <johno1234(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:55825aa4-77f3-4d8a-9c4a-76a5d4248864(a)n33g2000pri.googlegroups.com... On Apr 20, 11:27 am, BAR <sc...(a)you.com> wrote: > In article <hqiggo$2t...(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > bobnos...(a)gmail.com says... > > > > > Dinosaur_Sr wrote: > > > > Had a neighbour who used a company called chemlawn to keep his lawn. > > > Beautiful green lawn. Sold the house and the new owner didn't keep up > > > the chemlawn. Totally dead lawn within a year, and needed to resod. > > > He probably didn't water it either. > > Watering lawns is a waste of a valuable resource, the water. Depends where in the world you live. Down here in NZ there's a drought in the north, but plenty of water in my town. Not using it will just lead to reservoirs overflowing out to the sea. For me, not watering lawns is a waste of a valuable resource, the lawn! ####################################################### and by keeping your surroundings green, the danger of fire is lowered. Nothing like dry and/or dead grass and brush around ones home and then some careless smoker or just a small spark from somewhere. This happens all the time. I'll stick with watering. Turf grass? Nay. But green enough. Donna in WA
From: Bob F on 19 Apr 2010 17:03 Dinosaur_Sr wrote: > Had a neighbour who used a company called chemlawn to keep his lawn. > Beautiful green lawn. Sold the house and the new owner didn't keep up > the chemlawn. Totally dead lawn within a year, and needed to resod. He probably didn't water it either.
From: BAR on 19 Apr 2010 19:27 In article <hqiggo$2t6$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, bobnospam(a)gmail.com says... > > Dinosaur_Sr wrote: > > > Had a neighbour who used a company called chemlawn to keep his lawn. > > Beautiful green lawn. Sold the house and the new owner didn't keep up > > the chemlawn. Totally dead lawn within a year, and needed to resod. > > He probably didn't water it either. Watering lawns is a waste of a valuable resource, the water.
From: Jean B. on 19 Apr 2010 20:58
BAR wrote: > In article <hqiggo$2t6$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > bobnospam(a)gmail.com says... >> Dinosaur_Sr wrote: >> >>> Had a neighbour who used a company called chemlawn to keep his lawn. >>> Beautiful green lawn. Sold the house and the new owner didn't keep up >>> the chemlawn. Totally dead lawn within a year, and needed to resod. >> He probably didn't water it either. > > Watering lawns is a waste of a valuable resource, the water. Yup. Time (or PAST time) to rethink lawns, IMNSHO. -- Jean B. |