permaculture

["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <venaurafarm@bellsouth.net>]

On 4/12/2011 10:47 AM, paul wheaton wrote:
> Hundreds of millions of people are about to go out and buy "weed and
> feed" and other forms of toxic gick to grow something that is strictly
> ornamental:  a lawn devoid of edibles, flowers or polyculture.
>
> My lawn care article has been powerfully effective in persuading folks
> to eliminate toxic gick for their lawn.
>
> Please, I beg you.  Pass this article on to as many people as you can think 
> of.
>
> Post to your blog, your twitter, your favorite forums or mailing lists
> .... email it do a dozen friends.  Post it to your facebook account.
> Five minutes of effort on your part, could persuade a dozen people to
> stop using toxic gick for life.  That's several sacks and bottles of
> toxins compounded by years.
>
> http://www.richsoil.com/lawn-care.jsp

The ads on the radio are pitiful - garden supplies from box stores or 
garden centers push this offer, buy one spectracide preemergent lawn 
weed killer and get one free....and the bozos who spend Sunday afternoon 
of their weekend determined to find a need to "use up that jug of 
roundup in the garden shed". This is a relatively new phenomenon
developing over the past 30 years thanks to the easy availability of 
herbicides in box chain stores and an expanded number of garden centers.