Comments on: Dear SafeMama: Lawn Care

By: daddy murph

daddy murph — Tue, 19 May 2009 03:45:07 +0000

this is a pretty thorough site, and theyre a non profit too. http://www.safelawns.org/

By: Multi-Tasking Mommy

Multi-Tasking Mommy — Thu, 07 May 2009 00:34:40 +0000

Our backyard neighbours have a garden bed up against our back fence. Unfortunately, they have decided to make it a prickly weed garden Last summer, I was preggos and just couldn’t keep up with digging out the prickly buggers and now we are paying for it–AND they spread so quickly.
I have covered a huge patch of our lawn with damp newspaper in hopes to kill them and start over again. I’ve read this works.

By: Kim

Kim — Tue, 05 May 2009 02:57:55 +0000

We’ve just started using corn gluten on our lawn (you can buy it at most plant & garden places). It actually isn’t terribly effective on dandelions, but I don’t really mind those. It does however help with the control of other weeds. It won’t kill existing ones, but it will feed & strengthen your lawn & help prevent new ones from growing. Unfortunately, as with most organic gardening supplements, you won’t always see immediate results (it can sometimes take a couple of years). In the meantime, at least you aren’t putting all of those toxic chemicals on your grass. Not sure what you can do about your neighbors though…or if you live in an HOA development.

By: Val

Val — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:18:54 +0000

There’s a company in the Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio areas called Good Nature that specializes in organic and natural lawn care. You can hire them or you can buy their products. Their website is WhyGoodNature.com.

By: TerriAnn

TerriAnn — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:48:22 +0000

Boiling water works great on weeds. Just pour right down the middle of the weed!

By: CecilyT

CecilyT — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:40:59 +0000

It’s weird that this came up; we were discussing this very thing. We were thinking about organic, but wondered whether it would really matter that much considering everyone around us uses the ‘big gun’ lawn treatments anyway.

By: Statia

Statia — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:47:08 +0000

Britta, I agree. I’m not so anal retentive about my lawn. I like it kept somewhat clean, but some people live in subdivisions or planned communities with HOA regulations and can’t have messy lawns…

By: Britta Braught

Britta Braught — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:05:15 +0000

I don´t understand what´s so bad about weeds. We have a lot of dandelions in our lawn and those lovely purple flowers (I don´t know their name) and everytime I drive into our driveway I admire those beautiful colors! I don´t care what other people think I love it! Green lawns look so boring and I also know for sure that my son and my pets can run around on our grass all day long without worrying about nasty chemicals.
But that´s just my opinion…

By: Cicily

Cicily — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:59:15 +0000

We’ve used Alaska fertilizers and have had good results. Though, the mixture does smell like fish and will cause the ground/plants to smell like fish for a bit. But once everything is absorbed, the smell goes away. Here’s a product link: http://www.lillymiller.com/alaska.html