"Die Spammer !!!!" wrote in message
...
not quite so risky to use since my dog likes to run around in the back
yard.

John T McD

female dog? female dogs will burn the lawn... the best thing to do is
to
hand pull the weeds and keep the soil damp and cut weekly to get the grass
to
grow in full and help squeeze out the weeds


This is one of the biggest fallacies in turf management. I used to use the
this myself to sell programs, but after a few years in the business realized
that it just isn't true. A thick healthy, lawn will only crowd out weeds for
a season or two at best. What it really does is attract bugs, which will
create bare patches, which will immediately fill in with weeds.

If you are going to have a full, thick lawn be prepared to defend it as
well. If anyone tells you that you can hand-pull the weeds and keep it in
top shape w/out pesticides either they are lying to you or they just don't
know what they are talking about.

Peter H