--- Begin Message ---Dan,
- From: CN <cneurath@tds.net>
- To: YankeePerm@aol.com
- Subject: unrelated to maple syrup or roofs
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:31:57 -0500
I've been meaning to post this question to the whole list, but since your
business in called Yankee Permaculture I'm going to try you first.
A local college that I am vaguely affiliated with, St.Lawrence University,
in Northern New York State, has a student group which is trying very hard
to get the grounds department to stop using pesticides and herbicides on
campus. Of course, the University wants the place to look "good" for
alumni so they regularly douse all the lawns, trees, and walkways.
I think if there was a commercial outfit, or consultant who could
"guarantee" the grounds department that they could have nice green lawns
etc. without chemicals, that they might try it. They are not going to
believe a bunch of their own students. Do you know of such
landscaping/lawn care companies that would be willing to take on such a
client? Do you know whether it would cost a lot more than they are
spending right now? Perhaps if the students presented a list of qualified
companies, the University would actually look into hiring one of them. I
think the University would want to use it's own employees for the actual
implementation, so the company would be more an advisory or consulting
relationship than actually going out and spreading the compost and mulch.
By the way, the university has a large horse riding stable which generates
mountains of wonderful compost-ready manure. They also own a 18 hole golf
course, which might have to be a 2md stage. waiting for success with
organic campus landscaping before they would be ready to give up poisons.
Chris Neurath
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