Dr. Goodbug is more than happy to answer your questions concerning pests, and natural pest control.
 
Q. What are nematodes?
A. Nematodes are very small, worm-like organisms, most of which are found living naturally in the soil.

Landscape Management, Springfield, IL — It's a cautionary tale: A family-owned lawn care company made one exception to its employee background check policy — and is now paying dearly for its error.

Florida County restricts lawns reports IA Statesman (June ’04)” In an effort to meet Florida’s water conservation goals, Volusia County has become the first in the state to pass an ordinance requiring new homes to have less grass. The ordinance mandates that at least 25 percent of new yards have landscapes requiring little or no irrigation. . . .

While I'm sure that there will be disagreement with my position on aeration  here's my take on it.  The best way to keep soil from compacting is to maintain a healthy stand of grass.  Aeration is something that I consider to be mostly unneeded unless there is obvious compaction of the soil AND the soil is a loam that has a reasonable level of organic material.  A compacted heavy clay soil is not going to be helped much by poking holes in it.  Improvement of
this clay type soil is achieved by incorporation of well composted organic material such as peat moss, leaf mold, or manure and sand.

The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) has declared April 2004 as National Landscape Architecture Month with a theme of "Design for Active Living."

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"While you are certainly entitled to your opinion, I'm afraid I have to disagree with you on several points. In your recent post, I think your blanket condemnation of wood chips in the home landscape is: inappropriate, inaccurate, unfounded and alarmist."

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