If You Still want a Green Lawn....

August 26, 2008

The Wall Street Journal in its Saturday/Sunday edition of August 23/24, 2008 had an op ed piece that caught my attention. I have been trying to add "green tips" to my post as well as tips for improving your property. Whether you will be in the real estate market as a seller or whether you just want to have your property be a symbol of your "pride of ownership", having a well cared for lawn and garden are basic. The op-ed piece entitled "The Absentee Lawnlord".

The author, Gwendolyn Bounds, tells of the success of her switch to organic lawn care. :That meant substituting toxic or synthetic chemicals to combat weeds and foster growth with natural ingredients from plant, animal, and mineral sources such as corn gluten meal, seaweed extract and worm waste."

Here is Gwendolyn Bounds" back to basics organic lawn-care routine:

Spread a natural herbicide to attack weed seeds in the ground;

Fertilize;

Hand-weed whatever weeds emerge;

Fill in bare spots with grass seed.

Her suggested products include: Safe 'N Simple Pre-emergence Weed Control. Apply in early spring and again in late summer (now) or early fall. Scotts Organic Choice Lawn Food (yes, the major garden product suppliers recognize the organic movement). Apply 4 times a year so now is the time to begin. And as nights begin to be cool, over-seed and existing lawn to fill in those bare spots.

It took Bounds approximately 3 years to become the "Absentee Lawnlord" but the effort you use to begin your "green" lawn will begin the improvement of your property for now and in the future.