Great article, thank you for sharing it! I've been looking for info about caring for our lawn is a safer manner, as we moved from a rural location where we didn't use pesticides or fertilizer, to a subdivision where almost everyone does. We will likely be one of the few or only organic lawns in the 104 development. This is useful information.

IMHO, Scott's Miracle gro is an company. From the boss of one of their former lawyers "if we aren't getting sued, we're doing something wrong". I live near their headquarters- thanks for polluting Mill Creek, the Scioto River, the Ohio, Mississippi, Gulf of Mexico, and pretty much all water in the world.

https://environmentalgeography.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/scotts-lawn-pollution-around-marysville-oh/

If you need to fertilize, a $15 bag of millorganite (and perhaps some ironite) is much better than their 32 step lawn program that is a bargain at only $289.95.

Scotts is a total ripoff, just look at the prices on any of their products.

https://corporatewatch.org/?q=node/370

Preaching to the wrong crowd lol...