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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

On January 5, 2011 New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed into law the most restrictive content standards in the nation for Phosphorus and Nitrogen in lawn fertilizers. This law was designed to minimize or eliminate Phosphorus and minimize the amount of Nitrogen per application and amount used per year on lawns. This law will help protect New Jersey’s surface and ground waters from impairment. The law also requires specific fertilizer application practices.

Thursday, December 22, 2011

What will be your New Year’s resolutions for your lawn? If your lawn could talk to you, what would it be saying? I hope you are not hearing voices from your lawn talking to you, but if you could listen and if you observe, you can detect what your lawn needs and come up with a plan of attack.

Friday, August 5, 2011

We all work hard to make our home and yard a little slice of heaven, a place to have fun and relax with family, pets and friends. We like a manicured lawn, vegetable garden, a pool and a place to have a picnic to enjoy the great outdoors. Sometimes this love for our lawn and garden involves eliminating pests, and we are not talking about the kids! Frequently we are asked about the use of lawn and garden products and their exposure to children and pets.

Friday, July 15, 2011

As in most matters that we face, there is a reasonable approach to responsible home lawn care. You need not have to choose between a complete organic or a so called chemical method of lawn care. It is environmentally sound to combine these approaches to home lawn care in order to grow a very attractive home lawn.

Friday, July 15, 2011

An in-depth look on the organic method of lawn care compared to the traditional chemical fertilizer method.

Friday, July 15, 2011

These are generally called microbes, because they are so small. However, they play a very big part in the soil, because they are concerned with the decomposition of organic material, both vegetable and animal. It is tremendously important work, for decomposition leads to re-composition by supplying food for new plant life.

Friday, July 15, 2011

It is the earthworm which continually renews and maintains the valuable top soil. All the waste products of life: the dead vegetation, the manure and the dead animal residues are the chief source of food for earthworms.

Friday, July 15, 2011

It has been thought that the decay of past civilizations was due to a decline in soil fertility. If we think of the humus content of the soil as a bank account from which we only withdraw funds you will begin to understand the nature of the problem of soil fertility.

Friday, July 15, 2011

Growing plants take up from the soil certain minerals, which are as essential to their growth as sunlight, air and water. Fortunately, there is a supply of most mineral foods already in the soil. How did they get there?

Friday, July 15, 2011

Either directly or indirectly, all food comes from the soil or the sea. There is little wonder then that from the earliest times of our existence we have wondered how plants transform the lifeless, inert, mineral material of soils into living tissues. It is one of the marvels of plant life that the same land, with the same supplies of moisture, air and sunshine, can support such a great variety of green plants.