Posts Tagged ‘Soil’

Study Fumes Over City Park Grass (PhysOrg)

Thursday, January 28th, 2010
Plants are usually our allies when it comes to reducing the atmosphere's greenhouse gases, converting carbon dioxide into food and storing the gas' carbon in the soil below.

Book Harvest - Mail Tribune

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

Book Harvest
Mail Tribune
It is full of the ins and outs of lawn care for the organically minded. Topics include how to wean your lawn from fast-acting chemicals, building soil, ...

Leaf mulching and fertilizer: A back-saving, soil-enriching way to deal with fallen leaves (Lexington Clipper-Herald)

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
(ARA) - As Mother Nature adorns the trees in your yard with riotous reds, vibrant yellows and exotic oranges, you can easily get swept up in the romance of the season - until those leaves turn brown, drop from the branches and litter your lawn.

Leaf mulching and fertilizer: A back-saving, soil-enriching way to deal with fallen leaves (Lexington Clipper-Herald)

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010
(ARA) - As Mother Nature adorns the trees in your yard with riotous reds, vibrant yellows and exotic oranges, you can easily get swept up in the romance of the season - until those leaves turn brown, drop from the branches and litter your lawn.

EPA: UF will pay a $175000 fine - Gainesville Sun

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

EPA: UF will pay a $175000 fine
Gainesville Sun
The chemical, a solvent used to clean lawn mowers and weed eaters, has been found above levels allowed by the EPA in the soil and groundwater surrounding ...

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