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Changing Up The Lawn

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Heather

Even though the week started out snow-covered, I am still thinking about fixing my lawn this coming spring. Along with my natural lawn maintenance plan, I am searching for ways to create low maintenance lawn alternatives. I want to add … Continue reading →

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Eat Your Weed

Posted on March 17, 2014 by alyssabdh

MOMs is in full-obsession mode this week over dandelions – and we have every reason to be. We, Americans in particular, are choking our ground water with fertilizers and drying out our clean water resources to try to give grass … Continue reading →

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The Road to a Chemical Free Lawn – Step One

Posted on February 19, 2014 by Heather

As I sat inside last week with over a foot of snow outside my window, I could only think of one thing: spring. (An upshot of the snow was making snow creatures in it.) With spring comes my plan for … Continue reading →