"Art" wrote in message
...
Eggs Zachtly wrote:
Art said:

ythread wrote:
Never use chemicals on your lawn.

I use a product called Dillo Dirt. Completely natural and ph balanced.
News flash: Most chemicals are natural.

I had wondered when someone was going to say that. =)

In the treehugger's defense, I think they meant, "as opposed to
synthetic".
=)

I did a little reading about this "dillo dirt" stuff. It comes from
Austin,
and probably works pretty well, there. I'm not so sure it's the cure-all
for lawns everywhere. It's still best to have your soils tested, decide
on
the species of grass you ultimately want to have growing in your lawn,
and
fertilize accordingly, adding the nutrients in the rates specific to that
grass species, IMO. Thinking about Art's interpretation of ythread's use
of the word "natural",
I started searching comparisons between natural and synthetic
fertilizers.
I even ran across one throwing "dillo dirt" into the mix. It was a pretty
good read, and even hails from Texas.
http://www.tcmastergardener.org/html...endations.html

As a side-note, during my above searches, I never found anything to
backup
the theory that "Scotts = Death". =)


I agree.

My point was that ythread seems to go along with the thinking that just
because something is "natural" it is good and if it's not natural it is
destroying the planet. I never quite bought into that. There's some pretty
toxic stuff in nature and some very beneficial and safe chemicals too. But
that goes both ways.

I once heard of a guy that was killed when a pallet load of fertilizer was
dropped on him. No doubt, it was Scotts.

--
Art

and btw i am a tree hugger =)

jthread said:

"Art" wrote in message
...
Eggs Zachtly wrote:
Art said:

ythread wrote:
Never use chemicals on your lawn.

I use a product called Dillo Dirt. Completely natural and ph balanced.
News flash: Most chemicals are natural.

I had wondered when someone was going to say that. =)

In the treehugger's defense, I think they meant, "as opposed to
synthetic".
=)

I did a little reading about this "dillo dirt" stuff. It comes from
Austin,
and probably works pretty well, there. I'm not so sure it's the cure-all
for lawns everywhere. It's still best to have your soils tested, decide
on
the species of grass you ultimately want to have growing in your lawn,
and
fertilize accordingly, adding the nutrients in the rates specific to that
grass species, IMO. Thinking about Art's interpretation of ythread's use
of the word "natural",
I started searching comparisons between natural and synthetic
fertilizers.
I even ran across one throwing "dillo dirt" into the mix. It was a pretty
good read, and even hails from Texas.
http://www.tcmastergardener.org/html...endations.html

As a side-note, during my above searches, I never found anything to
backup
the theory that "Scotts = Death". =)


I agree.

My point was that ythread seems to go along with the thinking that just
because something is "natural" it is good and if it's not natural it is
destroying the planet. I never quite bought into that. There's some pretty
toxic stuff in nature and some very beneficial and safe chemicals too. But
that goes both ways.

I once heard of a guy that was killed when a pallet load of fertilizer was
dropped on him. No doubt, it was Scotts.

--
Art

and btw i am a tree hugger =)

I called it. =P

--

Eggs

- The Lady of the Lake-- her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held
aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine
providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. THAT is why I am your
king!

on 5/19/2007 4:42 PM Art said the following:
Eggs Zachtly wrote:
Art said:

ythread wrote:
Never use chemicals on your lawn.

I use a product called Dillo Dirt. Completely natural and ph balanced.
News flash: Most chemicals are natural.

I had wondered when someone was going to say that. =)

In the treehugger's defense, I think they meant, "as opposed to
synthetic".
=)

I did a little reading about this "dillo dirt" stuff. It comes from
Austin,
and probably works pretty well, there. I'm not so sure it's the cure-all
for lawns everywhere. It's still best to have your soils tested,
decide on
the species of grass you ultimately want to have growing in your
lawn, and
fertilize accordingly, adding the nutrients in the rates specific to
that
grass species, IMO.
Thinking about Art's interpretation of ythread's use of the word
"natural",
I started searching comparisons between natural and synthetic
fertilizers.
I even ran across one throwing "dillo dirt" into the mix. It was a
pretty
good read, and even hails from Texas.
http://www.tcmastergardener.org/html...endations.html

As a side-note, during my above searches, I never found anything to
backup
the theory that "Scotts = Death". =)


I agree.

My point was that ythread seems to go along with the thinking that
just because something is "natural" it is good and if it's not natural
it is destroying the planet. I never quite bought into that. There's
some pretty toxic stuff in nature and some very beneficial and safe
chemicals too. But that goes both ways.

I once heard of a guy that was killed when a pallet load of fertilizer
was dropped on him. No doubt, it was Scotts.


I heard someone blew up a Federal Building in Oklahoma City with fertilizer.

--

Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
To email, remove the double zeroes after @

on 5/17/2007 11:35 PM ythread said the following:
"Steveo" wrote in message
...

"ythread" wrote:

I use a product called Dillo Dirt.

Empty your septic tank onto your lawn.


I'll tell you what. My yard always looks great. I was skeptical at first too
but that stuff is great soil conditioner. You know what they always say that
the grass always grows greener over the septic tank.

Not always. The heat from the septic tank dries out the soil above it
faster than in other areas.
The first time I got it I didn't know what it was. LOL I used to do waste
water management and I was told sludge is the best soil conditioner there is
and they were right.





--

Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
To email, remove the double zeroes after @