Caring for Your Lawn

With summer quickly approaching, many homeowners are outside mowing, trimming, edging, seeding, weeding, and watering their lawns in an attempt to keep them beautiful during the warmest season of the year. It’s quite obvious, by the $40 billion Americans spend annually on sod, seed, and chemicals, that we care deeply about our lawns.

But much of what we’re spending to help our lawns may actually be contributing to pollution, soil degradation, and health problems that threaten not only humans, but pets and wildlife as well. Many Americans realize the detriment that can be caused by using chemicals that can harm us and our precious planet, and, so, have begun to convert to “green” alternatives. All across our country, families are opting to use organic lawn care products, even going so far as to create their own.

If your concern about the environment is consistent with those …