lawn

Taming of the Wild Leaf Blowers

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer lawn, Leaf, leaf blower, leaf blowers, leaves, litter, vacuum, waste, yard

Leaf blowers may be the most hated of all landscaping tools due to the noise they make and the smog-creating emission they spew, but public outcry has led to new rules governing their use.

Podcast

Interview: Solar Mowing Founder and Author Lynda DeWitt

Ethan Goffman alternative, DeWitt, energy, lawn, Lynda, mow, mower, mowing, podcast, power, powered, push, solar

Solar Mowing founder Lynda DeWitt discusses how working as a children’s book author and editor at leading environmental periodicals led her to start her sun-powered lawn mowing company Solar Mowing…

House & Home

Tips for Helping Your Lawn Survive the Winter

Katie Marie compost, grass, lawn, overseed, soil, winter

We need to tuck our lawns in for their long winter’s nap with eco-friendly methods and products so that they will wake up lush and healthy in the spring…

Green Tech

Green Technology Upgrades Around Home Make More Sense Than Ever

Erin Vaughan clean, cleantech, drought tolerant, Efficient, garden, grass, green, greener, greentech, lawn, nest, photovoltaic, plantings, Residential Renewable Energy Credit, rooftop, Smart, solar, Sprinklers, tech, technology, thermostat, uograde, water, WiFi

Now is the time to jump on green technology upgrades, given they’re mature enough to rely on but still new enough to qualify for “early adopter” incentives.

EarthTalk

Does Monsanto’s Roundup cause cancer or not?

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer agriculture, cancer, cancerous, carcinogen, Center for Biological Diversity, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, garden, gardening, herbicide, IARC, International Agency for Research on Cancer, landscaping, lawn, Monsanto, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, pesticide, Roundup

Dear EarthTalk: My neighbor uses Roundup in her yard routinely and tells me it’s harmless to people and pets, but I’ve heard that it is carcinogenic. Can you set the record straight? —Maise Alexander, New Hope, PA Monsanto’s Roundup herbicides contain three key components: the […]

Toxins & Pollution

Shiny Green Poison?

Ethan Goffman Canada, grass, invasive, lawn, Maine, Maryland, Montgomery County, Ogunquit, Ontario, pesticide, Rachel Carson, San Francisco, Silent Spring, species, Takoma Park, weed, weeds

An emerald-green lawn is a beautiful lawn. At least many Americans think so. Yet this kind of lawn, relying on heavy pesticide use to kill weeds, may have poison beneath its shiny surface. Pesticide exposure may increase the chances of cancer, cardiac disease, reproductive system problems, afflictions of the nervous system such as Parkinson’s disease […]