A Present for Mother Earth!

Spring is here! Forsythias, daffodils, snowdrops, magnolias, crocus (or is it croci) blooming everywhere! Earth day is fast approaching. So what's your present to Mother Earth this year? How about something that truly helps improve the Earth as in soil? Here are my suggestions and I welcome yours:

• Stop applying pesticides to your garden. Although these treat pests in your garden, they also are harmful for pets, other wildlife and to our children and us. Ever wonder why you should not get on your lawn for at least 24 hours after a pesticide application? Pesticides are designed to attack biological systems which includes you and me.


• Stop using fertilizer without the appropriate knowledge of how much to add and when to add. Lack of this knowledge, can result in over fertilizer. The big picture: you kill your lawn, you let rain water carry excess fertilizer to our streams and rivers which results in "eutrophication" of the water body. Eutrophication is a fancy term for availability of excess nutrients leading to increased algal growth and uptake of oxygen in the water body, killing the fish and other fauna.
• Change the type of weedkillers. Let move from RoundUp like products to more natural biodegradable weedkillers like BurnOut, a concoction of clove oil and citric acid, http://www.planetnatural.com/site/burnout-weed-killer.html. Even vinegar and lemon juice work fantastically.

We took this step last year. Our landscaper was adding fertilizer and pesticides to areas which were devoid of grass! We found Organic Dutchman, an organic lawn treatment outfit at http://www.organicdutchman.com/. The bald patch in our lawn has re-grown, the grass is healthier (the deer are enjoying it) and my kids can run around bare footed. My neighbor got a new puppy and switched to Organic Dutchman. I am sure there are other such
vendors. Spread the word folks!!
You and I can Green It for Mother Earth this year!