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    Tuesday, June 28, 2011

    Green Lawn Care!

    Since we're lucky enough to start with a brand new lawn we wanted to make sure we kept it beautiful . . . organically! Most of what is used to "help" lawns, degrades the soil and pollutes our waters so we're taking extra steps to make sure our lawn stays DRUG FREE, "just say No to chemical fertilizers!" haha

    Instead of using Chemical Fertilizer on our lawn this Spring we used  CORN GLUTEN!
    It worked AMAZING! If you take a peek at the part of our lawn that touches our neighbors, it's definitely darker, healthier, and it grows twice as fast. Our other neighbor used chemical fertilizers on their lawn and our lawn looks exactly the same!
    It's super easy to spread on, you can just use your hand and sprinkle it evenly on your grass!
    The little orange pellets dissolve over about a month!

    Here's before:

    Here's after the corn gluten!
    Posted by Maillardville Manor at 5:00 AM
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    Labels: Gardening: Lawn, Outdoors

    12 comments:

    1. AnonymousJune 28, 2011 at 8:37 AM

      I'm in favor of earth-friendly lawn care, but I'm not sure I'd want our grass to grow twice as fast as it already does! :) How often do you mow?!

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    2. dandelionpickerJune 28, 2011 at 9:16 AM

      Where did you find that? I'd definitely be interested in trying it if I can find it locally!

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    3. Maillardville ManorJune 28, 2011 at 1:07 PM

      We mow the lawn twice a week but that's only because Lee is Lawn crazy :) we could definitely get away with once a week!

      We found it at our local nursery, not like a home depot but an actual nursery, it was at both our local nurseries infact, I think it's fairly common :)
      hope that helps :)

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    4. Heart and HavenJune 28, 2011 at 1:11 PM

      Yah for chemical-free fertilizer!

      We make our own compost (from lawn clippings, leaves, fruit & veggie left-overs,and chicken manure). We spread the compost over our lawn a couple times a year. The lawn loves the added nitrogen too!

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    5. Simply LKJJune 28, 2011 at 8:34 PM

      Good to know! I will have to see if we can find that locally.

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    6. 1 Funky WomanJune 28, 2011 at 9:00 PM

      My husband would be all over that if he knew about it! He doesn't believe in using chemicals. Your garden beds are fabulous!

      Megan

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    7. AnonymousJune 28, 2011 at 10:20 PM

      Can we see the rest of your yard? The after pic is cut off. Am curious to see the rest of the yard.

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    8. Krystal {Blue Ribbon}June 29, 2011 at 10:03 AM

      That's awesome!! I'm just afraid my dog would try to eat it!

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    9. Maillardville ManorJune 29, 2011 at 12:01 PM

      You can definitely see the rest of the yard, the next sunny day I'll snap some pic's. Looks like we won't have sun until the weekend so look for a monday or tuesday post !!! :)

      Max never tried to eat it, but my sisters dog gobbled up a couple pieces, she's still fine :) haha

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    10. JoyceJune 29, 2011 at 3:04 PM

      I love the little tower/ vegie climber things in the first pic!

      the lawn looks great

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    11. Bird Bug PugJune 29, 2011 at 10:51 PM

      this is very exciting! i don't own a home yet, and wont for about 5 years until we return home from sydney, australia, but i do have a weird folder on my computer called "future dream home ideas" this is definitely being added into that folder!

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    12. ReenieJuly 1, 2011 at 9:29 AM

      Dropping in the check on you ~ I hope you guys are doing okay. xo

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