I hate my lawn. Pointless, and the lawn owners are killing the Chesapeake bay w/ fertilizer
robert and benita rabello wrote: >JJJN wrote: > > > >>Hello folks, any organic lawn experts out there? I have been >>encroaching out 75% of my lawn with food plants for both wildlife and >>humans, but I still have this 25% and living in town I need to keep >>it lawn. the question is how does one raise a great lawn without weed >>killers etc? I have been wondering , can you take compost and grind it >>really fine and spread it on the lawn water it in? Would this be good? >> >> >> >> > > I don't think this is "off topic", as it relates directly to the >mentality of "dirt as a growing medium" that is so pervasive and lies at >the root of much difficulty in our society. I've actually had a "lawn >professional" suggest that I rip out my lawn and replace it with >garden. "You seem to be more successful at growing vegetables than >grass," he said. > > I've aereated my lawn this year and watered with mixture of compost >tea and "organic compost enhancement liquid". It's much greener and >healthier than it's been in the past, but this method still smacks of >replacing chemical fertilizers with non chemical fertilizers. > > It's not that I hate grass, but I'm NOT pleased with the monoculture >mentality that insists it must be of a uniform species. When we first >bought this property it was covered in grasses that were long and made a >lovely sound as the seed heads touseled in the wind. But now, I keep >the motley collection of grasses that pass for lawn on my property >trimmed to 55 millimeters. If anyone has better ideas for lawn >maintenance that will not raise the ire of my neighbors (who already >think I'm weird), please let me know. > >robert luis rabello >"The Edge of Justice" >Adventure for Your Mind >http://www.newadventure.ca > >Ranger Supercharger Project Page >http://www.members.shaw.ca/rabello/ > > >_______________________________________________ >Biofuel mailing list >Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): >http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
