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RE: ROUND-UP and Toads in Jeff's lawn

Jeff

 

There are lots of ways to kill grass besides Roundup. It all depends on how large the area is and what your goals are: do you intend sodding in a putting-green type lawn; do you intend going with a meadow; will you be wanting to seed in—either grass or meadow; what are the ‘weeds’ that are there, and so on. I would think long and hard before I blanket sprayed a large area—especially if your management practices have fostered toads. I’d be pleased to talk about this more if you’re interested.

 

Wild Ones has a couple of nice handbooks on how to go about dealing lawn. Check out our website: www.for-wild.org. I’d also take a look at Carole Rubin’s books—she has two out: How to get your lawn and garden off drugs, and How to get your lawn off grass.

 

Maryann

 

Maryann Whitman

National Vice President, Wild Ones

Editor-in-Chief, Wild Ones Journal

www.for-wild.org

 

Wild Ones: Native Plants, Natural Landscapes: promotes environmentally sound landscaping practices to preserve biodiversity through the preservation, restoration and establishment of native plant communities. Wild Ones is a not-for-profit environmental education and advocacy organization.

 

 

 

From: gardenwriters-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:gardenwriters-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Lynn Jenkins
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 10:29 PM
To: Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum
Subject: RE: [GWL] ROUND-UP STUDY

 

Jeff, I think it all boils down to which you value most: toads or grass.

At 08:22 AM 4/11/2005, you wrote:

Id rather not kill my toads, but maybe I need to kill my grass for a one time renovation; never needing to use RoundUp on the lawn again.  Any suggestions?

Lynn Jenkins
Nature's Garden
www.gardeningwithnature.com

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