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2011-08-23 Home Front: Culture Wars

Park district brings back pesticides after turf deteriorates

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Posted by DarthVader 2011-08-23 13:40|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Darth, this is a park we're talking about. Kids running barefoot, kids kicking up dust while playing soccer and tee-ball, babies crawling around in the grass and putting stuff in their mouths, your old hound dog sniffing absolutely everything, Ultimate Frisbee players crashing and face-planting in the grass. You have to at least try something non-toxic.

Personally, I'd replant the whole field in a short species of clover; or maybe I'd ask the rec dept to find somebody to teach a course in brewing dandelion wine.

Posted by mom 2011-08-23 17:07|| 2011-08-23 17:07|| Front Page Top

#2 Just pave the sucker over and be done with it.

Posted by Steve White 2011-08-23 18:10|| 2011-08-23 18:10|| Front Page Top

#3 Recycled tires, Dye them green if you want.

Posted by Pappy 2011-08-23 21:18|| 2011-08-23 21:18|| Front Page Top

#4 Weeds are dreadful to play soccer on. It,s like running on bare ground, not to mention the mud and dust that form because their roots don,t hold the soil in the same way as a healthy turf. It does help to use a grass mixture suited to the soil and climate of the region rather than Kentucky Bluegrass (except in Kentucky, of course). But they ran the experiment and accepted the results, so we should be proud of them -- it,s more than some so-called professional scientists are capable of.

Posted by trailing wife 2011-08-23 23:39|| 2011-08-23 23:39|| Front Page Top

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