The toxic "brew" in our yards
May 10, 2014 17:16:08 #
Home owners use up to 10 times more chemicals per acre than farmers do, so says:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/11/opinion/sunday/the-toxic-brew-in-our-yards.html?hp&rref=opinion
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/11/opinion/sunday/the-toxic-brew-in-our-yards.html?hp&rref=opinion
May 11, 2014 20:40:52 #
venturer9
Loc: Newton, Il.
James Shaw wrote:
Home owners use up to 10 times more chemicals per acre than farmers do, so says:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/11/opinion/sunday/the-toxic-brew-in-our-yards.html?hp&rref=opinion
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/11/opinion/sunday/the-toxic-brew-in-our-yards.html?hp&rref=opinion
Well I do not use any pesticides, fertilizers, etc. at all.. The yard isn't the prettiest in the neighbor hood, but it is topped by grass, dandylions and creeping charlie... I love them all.... haha..
Mike
May 11, 2014 21:04:37 #
venturer9 wrote:
Well I do not use any pesticides, fertilizers, etc. at all.. The yard isn't the prettiest in the neighbor hood, but it is topped by grass, dandylions and creeping charlie... I love them all.... haha..
Mike
Mike
I cut way back and this year to no chemicals at all. I pluck the dandelions and cut the grass. Doesn't look bad if plenty of rain. We have to get away from placing carcinogens on our yards then have them flow to the streams where we get our drinking water.
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