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Article: Rethinking lawns: how to have a green yard that is healthy for your family and the environment.
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- Natural Life
- Article date:
- May 1, 2004
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Does your yard suffer from "golf course syndrome"? Do you have an obsession with having a weed-free lawn? If you want to reconsider your expectations--or help someone else adjust their sense of aesthetics--here's help!
Although people who care about health and environmental issues have long realized the heavy price paid by our society's fixation with pristine lawns, that understanding has only recently spread into the mainstream. Now that an increasing number of municipalities are banning the use of cosmetic pesticides, many more people are rethinking their idea of landscaping and yard maintenance.
Many gardeners--suburban and urban alike are replacing ...