Re: Lawn...Avoiding spray

[Guest guest]

Jeez, Tifanie, where to start? First of all, I guess MARITAL COUNSELING! If

that fails, then

be sure you have good MEDICAL INSURANCE on your kids, because you will need more

of

it if you spray your yard.!

Seriously, and this is really serious stuff, there was a big article in today's

Trib about ag

pesticides being at the root of some of the most serious degenerative nerve

conditions,

primarily Parkinson's. It's ANY exposure too, not necessarily farmer doses.

It's INSANE to

put poisons on any yard, any time, any place. Totally insane. The cruel part is

how

unnecessary it is with an ounce of common sense.

Secondly, and this is real IRONY there was another huge article in today's paper

about how

to KILL the 5 most common " weeds " in the yard giving a bit of lip service to

natural

methods and then heading right into WHICH POISON to use. NOT ONE WORD about how

toxic these poisons are to us, our kids, pets, wildlife, soil biology, our

rivers, lakes and

streams, and the whole planet.

HERBICIDES, FUNGICIDES, AND PESTICIDES end up destroying the trillions of

microorganisms that actually do the work of making a healthy lawn, pasture,

field. People

who kill the " soil livesock " are doomed to need more and more and stronger and

stronger

" cides. It's truly the mark of the devil. Think about inviting " death " to live

with you in your

very home.

Your " weed' is BIRDSFOOT TREFOIL, a really nice soil-building legume which we

actually

plant in many of our cattle pastures as it's a dandy forage. If you wanted to

kill it naturally,

here's how:

1) Get a soil sample taken to find out what's wrong with your soil

Everyone should do this but practically nobody does. They will spend fortunes on

poisons

but not $50 on a soil test!

2) Stick a meal skewer into the soil to test for compaction. Aerate if it's

tight

3) Add amendments if needed, and in particular, adding some nitrogen will

actually kill

most legues like the TREFOIL and CLOVERS.

4) Overseed with desirable grass seeds several times a year

5) General good grass care, and especially AVOID CLIPPING TOO SHORT which ruins

the

desirables and favors the undesirables.

STILL THOUGH, consider the marital (or mental) counseling first. It's not a yard

problem.

Anyone who uses yard poisons in this day and age, and with what we all now know,

should

really consider counseling. This is the unsavory task of the loved ones of that

person.

Good luck,

Will Winter

[Guest guest]

.

My grandson (6 year old) was sent home from school with pink eye. His Mom

washed it with Miracle II gel and he was fine. Next day he was sent home

again, same thing. She made an appointment at the doctor. Got to doctor

and eye was alright. Doctor gave him 4 prescriptions. She filled them and

went to use them on his eyes. The child would not allow the prescriptions

to come near his eyes. Child said it would be ok to use the Miracle II gel

but not the other stuff. Used gel and eyes were fine. Next day repeat of

watery itchy eyes. The school threatened to turn Mother into authorities

for child abuse. To make a very long story short, after treating other

children with medication for " pink eye " , children got worst. After

investigation the problem was to be what the playground had been sprayed

with. Today there is nerve damage among the children from the spray. My

grandson has quite a clean system because he has not been exposed to

vaccines, shots, medications, etc. therefore he was the first to react to

the spray material. Other children took longer to react and therefore no

one suspected what had caused the problem. Do not compromise your immune

systems over a weed in the lawn, or for any other reason. Your immune

system is the most precious thing you can possess. 10 years down the road

when the child's system can not fight off all the toxins and he/she develops

luekemia or some other horrifying disease, perhaps it was one toxin too many

that was the straw that broke the camel's back. I see it everyday in my

practice. It is so sad. By that stage many of the children do not survive.

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