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There is NO EXCUSE today for a gardener to use chemicals. Perfect Lawns? Pristine Roses? Immaculate Flowers all Summer long? If you live in the Northeast/Atlantic Coast, I'll guide you down the non-toxic road to Organica - and you will not believe how easy it can be. Yes, it can be complicated, but backing off from Ortho and Scotts is not as hard as you think. Your neighbors won't believe their eyes. I have intelligent answers on soil care, bug killing, weed control and fungus-freedom!

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I have college credits in horticulture and botany, and 30 years of gardening for personal pleasure. Plus I am a volunteer docent at the local botanical gardens. But a person's real gardening skills are learned from trial and error. I am strict about not using chemicals in the garden. Always have been. Always will be.

Something interesting about this subject that others may not know:

THE CONSENT Late in November, on a single night Not even near to freezing, the Ginkgo trees That stand along the walk drop all their leaves In one consent, and neither to rain nor to wind But as though to time alone: the golden and green Leaves litter the lawn today, that yesterday Had spread aloft their fluttering fans of light.

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What signal from the stars? What senses took it in? What in those wooden motives so decided To strike their leaves, to down their leaves, Rebellion or surrender? And if this Can happen thus, what race shall be exempt? What use to learn the lessons taught by time, If a star at any time amy tell us: Now. --Howard Nemerov

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  • Knowledgeability 9.82
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  • Timeliness 9.73
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Recent Answers from Long Island Gardener

2009-10-24 Mulching over fallen leaves:

There are 2 keys to successful mulching: (1) the right material, and (2) the right thickness. Weeds generally cannot germinate without light. I am wondering, since you indicate this is a chore you

2009-10-14 manure cropping:

Boy have YOU come to the right place for a question like that! Do I have an opinion on this? You betcha! First, let's consider something that ads don't mention, and people forget: Plants are AUTOTROPHS

2009-09-12 science fair project:

Great Science Fair topic, Catherine. First, if you are going to use Manure to grow anything, it must be AGED (also called "CURED") Manure. Fresh Manure (usually less than 1 year old) will burn the

2009-07-07 Organic Lawn & Weeds:

One of the things the pesticides industry has been very effective at is to present Lawn care almost as a regimen of hygiene. Your husband is actually WORRIED about the weeds. Like cleanliness, Weedlessness

2009-06-01 corn gluten safety:

Great points, Carol. I figure that for every question I get, maybe 100 people in the world will wonder the same thing. These are questions that should be addressed. Let's get started. First, let's

 

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