What's an organic yard?Just like the organic produce you can get at the grocery store or farmers market, an organic lawn & garden is grown without synthetic chemicals. That means no synthetic fertilizers & no synthetic weed killers.
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Why is it so important that we get away from synthetic lawn chemicals?With around 40 million acres of turfgrass in the continental United States, grass is by far the largest irrigated crop in the country. We have three times as much land set aside for growing turf as we do for irrigated corn.
Each year, Americans apply around 90 million pounds of synthetic chemical fertilizer to their lawns. These chemicals destroy the composition of our soils, pollute our waters and damage the creatures responsible for natural decomposition processes.
Chemicals found in synthetic fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides also introduce toxins to humans, pets and wildlife, which are known to cause disease and other health problems.
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How can an organic yard help heal the planet?Organic lawn care isn't just about pumping nutrients into your lawn, it's about building up organic matter in your soil. Having healthier soil will mean thicker turf and less weeds, which means less need for herbicides. Having healthier soil will mean less watering, because organic matter locks moisture into the soil. Plus, healthy soil sequesters carbon, keeping it out of the atmosphere where it becomes a greenhouse gas.
Removing synthetic chemicals from our yards also keeps those chemicals out of our watershed.
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