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lawn winterize
On Oct 7, 3:17 pm, Grizzly wrote:
Jim wrote: Harry K wrote: Jim wrote: symplastless wrote: To winterize or not to winterize lawn snip this is precious, simply precious Yeah. I have seen that several times over the years and there is so much truth to it. I see that the annual 'what to use to bag leaves' threads have started over alt.home.repair. Even after they have been told the simple way is to mow/mulch em, they still go on about buying fancy equipment to vacuum them up. Harry K http://www.milkyspore.com/ I've been trying to move my customers towards organic methods. triple shred, putting leaves through the shredder three times produces some dense mulch. with the new and deeper understanding acquired recently for how many of the selective herbicides and insecticides as well as improper or incorrect applications of nitrogen actually have a great negative impact on the environment as well as the ground water, I've decided it is now time to make some changes concerning how the suburbanites acquire and obtain the lawns they desire. in short, if the chemical bonds with the soil at the molecular particle level then that chemical is removed from my list of what is acceptable to use. the list is getting short. Jim We cut the grass with a bush hog a couple of times a year whether it needs it or not. I ain't raking no leaves or riding or pushing a lawn mower even if you pay me gold standard to do it.. The birds love the thistles that grow in the back yard. I've found that you don't need bird feeders to attract them, just let the natural flora grow up and the birds will flock to it to get the seeds and nectar (humming birds love phlox and other sweet smelling flowers.. The birds planted mulberry trees and currant bushes and black raspberries all over the property around the edges of our woods..They have done more to benefit the property and myself(I love berry jam) than any stinkin' lawnmower would.I don't use herbicide or pesticide on anything. It's not nice to poison plants and animals. I do live on a farm, and don't worry about what my neighbors think of my lack of grass cutting.. The leaves rot down and disintegrate by themselves under the trees. The wells out here in farm country tend to wind up contaminated by the over zealous application of herbicide and pesticide, and I for one don't want to add that crap to the water I pull up out of the ground that I have to drink. Quite a few of the private wells out here are contaminated with Alachor/ the breakdown product of the Herbicide Lasso. It is carcinogenic and once it is in the groundwater it takes a long time to dissipate..- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Hi, I'm new to the group, but thought I'd jump in and give my 2 cents worth. I'm right there with you, Grizzly. In fact, I had to laugh at my brother-in-law who just moved out here. He thought it was important to mow and rake all 15 acres of my place. I tried to explain the bush hog twice a year concept, but he was proud of the nice looking "lawn." I tried to explain the difference between a "lawn" and a "pasture," but he didn't get that either. I told him he was probably the laughing stock of the community. Everyone was saying, "look at that crazy California city boy out there push mowing the pasture, raking, and wheelbarrowing it down to the burn pit!" Now, I drew the line when he tried to make the teenage boys help him rake in the 100+ degree, 60% humidity Arkansas summer heat wave. If he wanted to suffer from heat stroke, more power to him. But, the kids weren't going to rake that up. It could stay where it was. |
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