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Lawn care involves much more than just mowing.
Years of
applications of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides have made your
soil biologically sterile. The
number and activity of microorganisms in the soil
is depleted. High salt fertilizations programs
reduce humus count to less than 2%.
Synthetic fertilizers and pesticides make your lawn green but they also turn
your lawn into a junky
that always need more. A green lawn is not necessarily a healthy lawn.Healthy
lawns grow in healthy soils. Lawn problems (disease, weeds,
and insect infestations) often can be attributed to poor soils. Most healthy
lawns can fend for themselves in the world if given a fighting chance by
providing a healthy environment for them to grow. Take away that healthy
environment and they become weakened and these opportunistic pests can over take
them.
Characteristics of good
quality lawn soil
Natural landscaping Increased Real Estate Market Value
- A Gallup survey reported the 62% of all US
homeowners felt investment in lawns and landscaping were a good or better
than other home improvements.
- Proper and well maintained landscaping adds 15%
to a home's value according to buyers.
- The investment recovery rate is actually 100 -
200% for landscape improvement, compared to a deck or patio that will
recover only 40 - 70% of the installation cost
- The lawns root mass and supporting soil microbes
act as massive filters that capture and breakdown many types of pollutants
common to our environment
Environmental Benefits
- Healthy, dense lawns absorb rainfall 6 times more
effectively than a wheat field
- Prevents runoff and erosion of our precious top
soil
- Keeps additional phosphorus from entering our
streams and rivers. A healthy lawn also traps much of the estimated 12
million tons of dust and dirt released into the US atmosphere annually
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