tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838654939610805161.post4548032328211519274..comments2012-10-01T11:04:16.874-04:00Comments on Metro DC Lawn and Garden Blog: Six "Green" Things I’ve Learned to Do Around my Property so that My Husband Can Keep on FishingEric Ecklhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13398535194562109699noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838654939610805161.post-28632327803345955982011-11-05T10:24:09.721-04:002011-11-05T10:24:09.721-04:00Thanks for this interesting post. I learn somethin...Thanks for this interesting post. I learn something from each of yours, like trying corn gluten meal as a weed control. I hadn't heard of that, but am definately willing to try!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838654939610805161.post-32745039617400228952011-11-05T10:23:54.472-04:002011-11-05T10:23:54.472-04:00On behalf of anglers everywhere, thanks!On behalf of anglers everywhere, thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838654939610805161.post-18147047290058447582011-11-05T10:23:01.347-04:002011-11-05T10:23:01.347-04:00Great article, I admire your ability to interconne...Great article, I admire your ability to interconnect all these commonly perceive disconnected realms into a similar concept … earth care & people care.<br /><br />I'd like to add a few recommendations to the article.<br />1. Grow your own fertilizer, don't waste money buying natural fertilizers. Nitrogen is 78% of the earths atmosphere and one of the key nutrients for plant growth. Choose "grass like" ground cover plants like Clovers, Alyssum and Alfalfa and slowly dump the energy intensive grass-based lawn.<br /><br />2. Grow a food forest instead of a grass land. Learn more about do-nothing-farming (also known as natural farming) and permanent forms of agriculture like permaculture. These methods are improving the earth (building soil) and providing an abundance for human beings as well.<br /><br />3. Use water, but collect it and re-use (several times) it on your plants, lawn, and other mediums which will filter and use it again. In the natural water cycle it rains, collects, flows into rivers, out to water ways and oceans, evaporates and then does it again. Mimic this on your property.<br /><br />Learn more by visiting a permaculture site such as Hayes Valley Farm in San Francisco – http://www.hayesvalleyfarm.com/ or other sites near D.C. – The 7th Street Garden: 7th St. , NW between P and Q – right next to Bread for the City<br /><br />Peas and borage,<br />ChrisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com