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1 Citation Lawns can play an important part in our landscape: providing a welcome, green space for children, backyard barbecues, and other outdoor activities, in addition to their aesthetic value. Lawns also contribute significant environmental benefits: preventing erosion, nutrient runoff, filtering air, and providing natural "air conditioning" during the summer.However, all of those advantages are lost when lawn care becomes warfare. When children and pets are at risk by crossing treated turf areas, or w, technorati.com
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Free Composting Workshop this Saturday 1 Citation Free composting workshop at the San Diego Zoo. Click here to pre-register! November 22, 2008 9 a.m. ? 11 a.m. San Diego Zoo, Otto Center 1 block south of main entrance, Balboa Park Learn how to conserve water, save money, and help the environment by composting! Instructors will provide information about backyard composting and vermicomposting. All composting workshops offered by the Solana Center are free to the public and taught by trained Master Composters. Pre-register now!, technorati.com
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America Recycles Day - DC Metro Area Events 1 Citation Recycling is back! America Recycles Day (ARD) is a national event on November 15th that promotes recycling, source reduction, and buying products made from recycled materials as objectives to a more sustainable society. This is your chance to get involved with local events occurring in the DC Metro Area. Afterall, "It All Comes Back to You," and you just might win a prize, too! **Montgomery County** Multiple activities and exhibits including, Grasscycling and Backyard Composting, Waste Reduc, technorati.com
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1 Citation The other day, when the weather was cooperative (hours before drenching rain fell), I performed one of the rites of spring, cutting the first grass of the season. What makes this ritual green? Well, when you cut grass with a manual lawn mower and leave the clippings behind, you have grass cycled . Grass cycling occurs when you leave the clippings behind on the lawn; when done frequently enough, the clippings decompose into the soil, nourishing it. Not only did this make the lawn look better,, technorati.com
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1 Citation Spring is the most vulnerable time of year for lawn owners. Each week, a mounting chorus of advertisements, garden columns and television programs brazenly endorse a lethal arsenal of weed killers and pest annihilators. A chemical solution for every problem -- real or imagined. How did Mother Nature get by without us all these years?Lawns can play an important part in our landscape: providing a welcome, green space for children, backyard barbecues, and other outdoor activities, in addition to th, technorati.com
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Lawn Care Essentials: Feeding & Watering 1 Citation Part two in a three-part series on environmental lawn careYour lawn should be an asset to both your landscape and your lifestyle. Unfortunately, many homeowners have unwittingly turned their lawns into economic and environmental liabilities through over-fertilizing and over-watering.Americans apparently feed their lawns the same way they feed themselves: too much and too often. For example, if you are currently preparing to pull out your spreader brimming full of 10-10-10: Stop!Spring is the wro, technorati.com
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Grasscycling: Mower Power to Your Lawn 1 Citation Part one in a three-part series on environmental lawn careThere is no question that lawns play a central and emotional role in the American landscape. After all, we spend billions of dollars pampering the patches of turf around our homes, in addition to a disproportionate share of our personal time and energy. If your back is already aching ? and your wallet feels lighter ? you might want to consider joining the grasscycling revolution!Grasscycling is a proven system for maintaining lawns, which, technorati.com
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Defending Your Turf from Pests & Problems 1 Citation Part three in a three-part series on environmental lawn care A well-established, properly maintained lawn is naturally weed and pest resistant -- for the most part. For the other part, we need to consider a few more issues than just mowing, watering, and fertilizing correctly.One of the great axioms of gardening is to ?use the right plant in the right place.? For lawns, this means selecting a turfgrass variety suitable for your growing conditions and the amount of traffic the area will receive., technorati.com
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