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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 05:36 PM Original message |
An open letter to "lawn care" companies: |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. We've destroyed the native plants, then planted this stuff |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
2. Chemlawn changed their name a few years ago |
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Egalitariat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 08:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
31. Where do you live? Lawn companies treat your lawn without you requesting it? |
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Big Blue Marble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 01:03 PM Response to Reply #31 |
63. About eight years ago, a lawn chemical company did treat my lawn |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. Are you saying we should not have lawns of grass but instead we should have lawns of weeds? |
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Retrograde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 06:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. we should stop trying to make every plot look like an English estate |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 06:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I am not trying to argue the point here. I don't understand something. |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 06:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. it takes time to change peoples minds |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 06:54 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. That's right. Leftover of the Leave It To Beaver era |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 07:12 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Thats why I would rather eat worms then live in a gated community |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #18 |
51. I was in a gated community yesterday |
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REACTIVATED IN CT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 12:45 PM Response to Reply #7 |
57. We don't have to give up green lawns - just change the way we |
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we can do it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 03:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
67. Green Does Not Equal Chemically Poisoned |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 03:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
68. Homeowner's associations are the Devil's spawn. |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 06:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. weeds by another name are wonderful wild growth |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 06:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Please reply to my post #7 |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 12:02 AM Response to Reply #9 |
43. Frankly, green lawns are going to pass away naturally |
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Retired AF Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 07:07 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. But at least it is green in color |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 07:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
22. You should have whatever lawn you want. |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 07:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
26. What's a weed? |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 08:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
38. I think it was clear what she was saying - |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 11:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
42. I suggest that your lawn be edible. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 08:03 AM Response to Reply #3 |
47. We should have 'lawns' of vegetables. |
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dugaresa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 11:36 AM Response to Reply #3 |
54. actually lawns of just grass are a recent issue |
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REACTIVATED IN CT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 12:48 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. Me, too ! I buy a pound of it and |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 01:01 PM Response to Reply #54 |
61. My lawn is about 1/3 clover now |
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arikara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 01:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
62. We let our lawn grow higher in the summer |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 04:59 PM Response to Reply #62 |
72. That's a great idea. |
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Thickasabrick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
4. Me too! I figure I make up for my poisonous neighbor. Thank you |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
6. Along with chemicals, the worst thing for wild birds, |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
10. Well then by all means... |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 10:39 AM Response to Reply #10 |
49. We will outlaw those products |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
12. Bravo! |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
13. Wow... Hi Twin! |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 06:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I think we are triplets |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
16. You really think Lawn Doctor is going to treat your lawn without your paying them first? |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
19. Agreed. Chemlawn is creepy. nt |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
20. Weed and Feed... |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 08:20 PM Response to Reply #20 |
33. The downturn in the economy will bring back the natural lawn no doubt |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
21. While you're at it- knock it off with the fucking leaf blowers |
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arikara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 01:10 PM Response to Reply #21 |
64. Agreed... and basically useless too for all the annoyance |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
23. I liked the last part best. |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
24. Don't hire them, and they won't come. nt |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 07:57 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. But the fuckers keep CALLING! |
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AwakeAtLast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 08:18 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Opt out for junk mail and call your state about a do-not-call list |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 07:50 AM Response to Reply #27 |
46. If your state AG's office has a Consumer Protection division (and even if it doesn't) |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
25. Agree 100%! |
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Earth_First (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
28. As a professional landscaper,, I agree with you... |
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Synicus Maximus (828 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
29. If you don't want chemicals on your lawn don't hire a company that |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 08:06 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. That would be called a "lawn care service" |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 08:25 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. Bullshit. |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 08:36 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. and that is a big concern - water, air, animals move across property lines. nt |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 09:08 AM Response to Reply #35 |
48. An excellent point! I'm surrounded on three sides by poisoned lawns. |
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kaygore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
34. Like you, our yard was always a natural meadow when I was growing up |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
37. Fantastic Rant |
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Creena (501 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
39. Poisons. Ew. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
40. Righteous Rant. |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
41. I'm with ya. We pull weeds and our lawn sucks. Never fertilized |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
44. I refuse to use anything on my lawn. |
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underseasurveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
45. OH MY THAT IS ONE OF THE GREATEST RANTS>>>EVER!! |
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blueworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
50. Amen, amen, amen! They're also destroying our water! |
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Duncan (498 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
52. Agree. This is a great vid: |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
53. Amen |
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dugaresa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
55. i had so many bees in my yard due to the plantings |
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4_TN_TITANS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
56. Kick for the bees.... |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
58. My brother worked for one of those companies for a while |
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Trailrider1951 (933 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
60. Lawn grass is the only crop we grow... |
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Capt. America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
65. I totally agree. I can't believe my pregnant neighbor uses a lawn spray service! |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
66. Oh. My. God. |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
69. I've heard you can kill weeds by pouring boiling water on them. |
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cpompilo (125 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
70. Pesticides and herbicides are made from petroleum - |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
71. K&R Awesome rant! |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
73. I seriously doubt any "lawn care" companies |
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windoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
74. Many pesticides cause low sperm count and interfere with estrogen metabolism |
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