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Expert Profile: Long Island Gardener

Expertise: How to grow the Perfect Lawn? If you live in the Northeast/Atlantic Coast, I have intelligent answers on grass selection, fertilizers, soil care, weed control, and lawnmowers. Although I have degrees in related fields, a person's real gardening skills are learned from trial and error. More important, I am strict about not using chemicals in the garden. Organic gardening is not just earth friendly and healthier for you, your children and your pets. It's less expensive and easier. You read that right. Less expensive and easier.

Experience in the area
Homeowner for 15 years, 30 years of gardening for personal pleasure, college credits in horticulture and botany, volunteer docent at the local botanical gardens, and a whole library of gardening and landscaping books at home some 100 years old.

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Something controversial or provocative about this subject Professional landscapers and greenskeepers at golf clubs dangerously expose themselves and others to carcinogens and other poisons. The health problems caused by these chemicals soar among people who put them down on other people's lawns for a living. Look at the statistics. Shocking.

Something interesting about this subject that others may not know: Clover in the lawn was a status symbol during the 1950s. Today, White and Pink Clover are still desirable. They pour Nitrogen into your soil. They won't choke out your grass. (Yellow Clover is a weed that competes with your grass for nutrients.)

What do you like about this subject? Lots of research, always something new, combines aesthetics and chemistry - who would believe growing grass could be so complicated?

What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field? Too many people in this country don't understand how to grow healthy grass. It's all so simple. They over-complicate when they put toxins all over their yard, until everything is dead - then they want to know what went wrong. Go figure.

Average Ratings
Prestige Points: 15282
Knowledge	9.97 Best of the best
Clarity of Response	9.91 Best of the best
Timeliness	9.93 Best of the best
Politeness	9.97 Best of the best
Number Of Questions (in Past 24 Hours)		1
Max Questions to be Asked (in 24 Hour period)		1
Total Questions (since joining AllExperts)		1400

Recent Reviews from Users

Knowl	Clarity	Time	Politeness	Date
10	10	10	10	09/06/08
10	10	8	10	08/28/08
10	10	10	10	08/15/08
10	10	10	10	08/09/08
10	10	10	10	08/08/08

User Comments

thank you for your fast reply and knowledge on zoysia. It looks like i'm in for a long fight.thanks again
(Ray Mish on 09/06/08)

Thank you, this is exactly the kind of advice I was looking for.
(Andrew on 08/28/08)

This is very helpful - especially the suggestion to use Milky Spore now. It is my weekend project. LIG's assistance now, and on a previous occasion,
(Donna Mack on 08/15/08)

Awesome response - Thanks.
(Will on 08/08/08)

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Recent Answers from Long Island Gardener

2008-09-05 Help!: Let me see if I understand you first. The Lawn was in bad shape, probably was not a Lawn, when you took possession. You first had to dig up part of the yard for the sewer line, and then you figured...

2008-09-04 Rust residue: TruGreen puts 2 kinds of Lawn Care on the menu: 'Natural Nutrient Program' and the traditional 'TruGreen Lawn Care Program'. I don't know what products they use for their 'Natural' service, so I can't...

2008-09-03 Help in South Jersey: Getting rid of Zoysia is easier said than done. Zoysia's deep, persistent roots make it difficult, expensive, and -- some people would say -- impossible to remove. A 'Getting Rid of Zoysiagrass'...

2008-08-31 mulch: Cedar gets all the votes among those who want a waterproof mulch that does not retain water. Cedar Chips and Cedar Oil repel many insect pests. Cedar Chips discourage Chinchbugs, Pillbugs, Ants, Fleas...

2008-08-29 Soil test?: Mount Vernon is in Westchester County -- submit your sample to Cornell University's Cooperative Extension, following their instructions carefully: cnal.cals.cornell.edu/forms/documents/CornellSoilSamplingInstructions-2008...