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Best reasons NOT to be an Ecosystem Gardener

We’ve already talked about why your garden is so important and what Ecosystem Gardening means, but in the spirit of fun, let’s take a look at the best reasons NOT to be an Ecosystem Gardener. You really LOVE your lawn mower. You’d rather spend the time pushing it back and forth or riding around in [...]

Can I get you a glass of weed killer with your dinner?

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Dangerous levels of herbicides found in drinking water One of the most widely used herbicides, Atrazine, has been found in drinking water at levels that exceed federal safety guidelines, but the EPA has not published these results and the public was never warned that the safety of their drinking water was in question. Atrazine is [...]

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Why Lawns are not Sustainable in Conservation Gardening

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The American Lawn is the Best Illustration of Unsustainable Practice In order to fully understand sustainability in conservation gardening, it is quite illuminating to look at examples of unsustainable practice. There is no better illustration of this than the American lawn. We have idealized this concept so much that it has become the norm no [...]