Hello Tom Here,

It’s spring and I started thinking about how the sun feels warm and how the grass is continually coming alive from that warmth. It is simply amazing, the miracle of spring.

A beautiful, well-kept lawn is not only pleasant to look at, it is an invitation to go outside and enjoy some quiet time or a pleasant afternoon with the family. While you’re enjoying your lawn, you can also take comfort in knowing that it is significantly impacting the environment for the good. It does this by absorbing runoff water, providing oxygen and helping to cool the temperatures in your general area. With all of this good, is there something bad lurking behind your lawn?

Most people are unaware of the negative impact that their lawns may have on the environment around them. All of the good that it does may be negated by any one of the following facts. Three out of every 10 gallons of water that is used on the East Coast of the United States ends up watering lawns. Almost 20% of everything that is dumped in landfills is comprised of lawn clippings. Lawn fertilizers and other chemicals are dumped on our grass to the tune of over 70,000,000 tons per year. What can be done to stop this cycle from happening? How can we enjoy a pristine lawn and still be friendly to the environment?

There are several different ways that you can still have a beautiful lawn even without using the chemicals that are commercially available. In the first place, you need to make sure that your soil is balanced so that it will produce the best grass possible. You do this by checking the pH level, making sure that it is neutral. It is also important for you to mow on a regular basis but make sure that you do not mow your grass too short. By mowing your grass short, you are exposing roots and speeding up the drying process. When you do this, your grass requires more watering.

There are many other ways that you can show your lawn TLC and provide the earth with a clean environment. The real choice comes in making sure that you do things naturally and not chemically. Although it may take more time at first, an organic lawn is not more difficult to maintain, and is usually much less expensive than one that is commercially maintained. Without a little tlc over time could lead to general erosion, which can impact an entire area. Today gardeners are continually building up their soil with organic matter, that means less erosion of topsoil restoring the natural balance.

The earth deserves this kind of respect and so does your family. Would you provide them with anything less?

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