Saturday, March 26, 2005
Lawn Care edu.com News: Going organic!?
IPM -- Integrated Pest Management -- minimizes pesticides through understanding the life cycle of the pest and finding weak points.For example, mechanical barriers and traps, biological adversaries and natural repellents, removing attractions.Important methods -- our main resources for many situations.But with plants, we have a significant additional advantage: healthy biological systems resist pests.On March 8 when "Lawn Care Tips and Tricks" was snowed out, I enjoyed the quiet and the time-out the storm gave us -- but I was glad there's another free presentation on organic lawn care coming.Funded by The Groton Commissioners of Trust Funds; and sponsored by The Groton Garden Club, The Groton Board of Health and the Groton Conservation Commission: on April 10 at 2 p.m., Pat Beckett and Chip Osborne -- co-chairs of the Marblehead Pesticide Awareness Committee and their Living Lawn Project -- will speak at the McNeill Lounge at Lawrence Academy, on "Simple Steps Toward Organic Lawn Care."but now rescheduled: Donald Bishop of Gardens Are...
Shirley Oracle - Community Newshttp://www.shirleyoracle.com/Stories/0,1413,111~5846~2781725,00.html
www.lawn-care-edu.com
Shirley Oracle - Community Newshttp://www.shirleyoracle.com/Stories/0,1413,111~5846~2781725,00.html
www.lawn-care-edu.com
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