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Read in today's Chronicle Herald that some lawn maintenance companies are threatening protracted legal battles if spraying lawns with pesticides and other chemicals is banned in HRM. Obviously, the lawn spray companies believe that the ban will cause a significant loss of revenue. The entrepreneurs of these companies must remember that they are in the lawn maintenance business. Lawn maintenance involves many services, such as aerating, de-thatching, liming, fertilizing, and not just spraying. Two of the most beneficial of these services in my experience has to be aerating and liming a lawn. Aerating involves using a roto-tiller like machine that punches divot type holes in the lawn to reduce soil compacting and improve absorption of nitrogen from the atmosphere. Liming is a real plus where the soil tends to be acidic, in Industrial Cape Breton, at least. So, my point is, a lawn spray ban should not be viewed as a loss of revenue, but instead as an opportunity to market other money-making services. And lastly, my experience has been that spraying reduces the overall appearance of a lawn. I stopped spraying several years ago over concern about my dogs and cats, and within a season various bushes, shrubs, and small trees began to improve dramatically. Sincerely, ************************* Terry Mulcahy 23 George Street Sydney, NS B1P 1H3 CANADA ************************* -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- The preceding message was posted on Sustainable Maritimes (sust-mar) -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Overloaded with email? Sust-mar has a DIGEST version. If you'd prefer to receive a compilation of sust-mar messages twice monthly instead of daily, send email to <majordomo@chebucto.ns.ca> As the text of your message type "subscribe sust-mar-digest" And on the next line, type "unsubscribe sust-mar" Voila! Daily messages will stop, and twice-monthly will start.
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