Re: Reliable lawn-care stats?

**f*@aol.com**

 Judy,
good question. I've seen claims that lawns are dosed more heavily than farm fields, and I don't buy it. Here in Lancaster County, it's always time to spray herbicides or put some form of nitrogen on a field, usually manure. Newcomers find it hard to believe at first, but when you've lived here awhile you can tell the species of the feces (cow, pig, chicken) in a whiff. I know some lawn fanatics, but I've never seen anyone pour that much stuff on their personal sward. Golf courses? Maybe. 
JF

-----Original Message-----
From: Judy Lowe <hardbackwryter@yahoo.com>
To: gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 8:25 am
Subject: [GWL] Reliable lawn-care stats?

Does anyone know of some accurate lawn-care statistics? I read these figures of 
how much water and fertilizer are poured on suburban lawns, only to find -- upon 
really searching -- that they're estimates or extrapolations or include farm use 
of fertilizer. Same with herbicides.?The ones I've seen are simply not 
trustworthy.
?
I'd like some?reliable picture?of what individual homeowners are really doing. I 
figure I've missed the right studies somehow.?Can anyone direct me in the right 
direction?
?
Thanks,
Judy Lowe in Boston

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