Now THAT is neighborly isn't it? I cut lawns in Melbourne, and had one guy spray his yard(mostly gravel) in gasoline but it did't last for long. Once the rains c ame in June, the weeds blew in and started growing again. But If I were your mom, I just might call the EPA or the Fla aggies and ask if they could check it out, it may be against the law ...somewhere....

OMG!!! That a-whole needs to be publicly outed. I wonder if he has a fbook page.

Holy Cow!! That Melbourne guy needs to be reported and outed. The damage he is doing to the water tables is unfathomable.

I can't believe that someone would do something like that!!! If it's not against the law it should be.

Yes, and has been alluded to, the wide array of weed seeds which will now be able to establish in that blank slate is enormous. What a fool.

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I know another grass cutter (he cuts three lawns maybe) who uses gasoline for his weed edging.... he comes right out and confesses this to me!! Nothing you can do about it, unless the EPA is right there when it's done, cause nobody can prove it. Got to Kill a human first!!! right?? sick-o's.

We used to have a yard guy that used kerosene on weeds - must be an old-timey (& cheapskate?) thing. It sure kills them, but it sure seems like a bad idea, doesn't it?

I was down at my Ext. Office's demonstration gardens yesterday and figured I would pop into the office and see if there was a Lake County ordinance against this sort of thing. I was told there wasn't really any county or state laws against it unless it could be proven that an chemical was used in an 'a manner not in compliance the chemical's use". Since I don't even know what he used, there is no way to prove it. And the EPA won't bother coming out to test unless you can, again, prove something was used in an illegal manner. The only option would be to check with HOA or community rules. Unfotunately, community rules only state that the yard must be kept mown, so the only thing he can be gotten on is in two or three months when the weeds are a foot tall and not mown.

Is there an equivalent in your state of our (here in WI) Department of Agriculture, Trade, And Consumer Protection? I know, that's a mouthful, but these folks manage things like getting certified to use pesticides and related areas. If FL has some such bureau, that might be one possible way to get some action on these deplorable actions.

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