Environment friendly lawn care

       January 1, 0000    1283

 

The suburban lawn and gardens are the ones that receive the highest percentage of pesticides application per acre than most other lands in the whole of the United States even more than the agricultural lands. These hazardous effects of the usage of these lawn chemicals have shown through different studies. They are also found to slowly drift into the homes contaminating the indoor air and surfaces exposing especially the children at comparatively higher risk levels. Many of these chemical lawn care products are also linked to the deadlier diseases including cancer, carcinogenicity, birth defects, reproductive disorders liver and kidney damage and neurotoxicity. Hence it is important to be concerned over the potential impacts of these chemicals on our children, families, neighbors, wildlife and the drinking water resources. And for the good reason the public concern over the potential hazards that are associated with the usage of chemical lawn care products has been on a steady rise.

Need for the environment friendly lawn care:

The one and only solution to all the above-mentioned problems is probably an environment friendly lawn care approach. Caring for the lawns in an environment friendly manner can really have a bigger impact than one can even imagine or think of. The first initiative in this regard that is to be undertaken is to think lawn care as a preventive health care program where the basic idea is to prevent the problem before its occurrence so that there is no need of any sort of treatment. It is a fact that a healthy lawn can almost out compete any weed, survive most insect attacks, and fend off most diseases before these problems ever get the upper hand. Other significant steps that are to be followed in this program include the development of a healthy soil, selection of the grass type based on the climate and regular care. Development of a healthy soil is important since it is the foundation of a healthy lawn. For well growth the lawn needs a soil that should poses good texture key nutrients and the right acid/alkaline balance. At the same it is also important to select the right type of grass that suits the needs and the likes of the local weather.

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