Time for another update on our chemical free-lawn progress.

If you recall, I first wrote about this  in May of last year.  Our lawn had already been free of chemicals for almost two years but the poor thing was suffering.

Then, about 15 months ago, we hired Garden Holistics to come in and apply some organic magic.  I know many people are sceptical about organic solutions but I can tell you from experience, it’s worked really well for us.  Here is our lawn today:

It’s not perfect and yes, there are some weeds here and there but it’s healthy, soft, lush and happy like us.  Most communities have now followed Collingwood’s lead and banned the use of pesticides and lawn chemicals.  Alternatives exist and get better each year.  Now, when I see an artificially and perfect bright green lawn free of a single weed, I can’t help but think of how unhealthy it really is.  Organic has proven to be more than satisfactory without putting our health at risk.

Back about two months ago, I wrote about the fact that we’d hired Garden Holistics to tackle our lawn of weeds without the use of chemicals.  At the time, Jerome said it would take about two years to recover.

Could he have meant two months?  Since that first post, the lawn has been aerated, top dressed, over-seeded and naturally fertilized.  Nature has been most cooperative with abundant rain but quite frankly, our lawn is looking better than most who are only now on their first year of chemical withdrawal since the pesticide ban came into effect in Collingwood.

Look at these pictures.  I can’t believe how far it’s come.  My husband says it’s “juicy.” 
So far, so very good.

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Like most homeowners in our neighbourhood, John and I take pride in our landscaping.  When we purchased our home 4 years ago, there was nothing but a gravel circular driveway right across the front yard.  The grass was green but chemically dependant.

We replaced the driveway with one made of stamped concrete and we lined it up to the side of the property.  We filled the old driveway in with top soil and seed.  We put in a huge front garden which is totally organic and thrives although we’ve been known to battle a few aphids, ants and slugs.  But alas, the lawn has gone to weed.  We’ve not been the best at watering and, I’m not sure the blades are always sharp on the mower.  John hand fertilized and we even had a commercial fertilizer, not weed killer, applied but the truth is, it now looks sad.  And the grubs have come too.

They say that landscaping can add as much 20% to a homes value and while we’re not at that level, I do think there is a big difference in value between having bare soil versus something attractive at the front of your house.

Not only is Collingwood pesticide free now (hooray!) but we wouldn’t use them anyway despite the fact that I think we’re one of the only ones on our street that may feel that way.

So, here’s what we’ve done.  We hired Jerome at Garden Holistics to come in and do some soil testing.  The results were dismal.  He then recommended a plan that involves top dressing, aerating, over-seeding and adding a custom, natural fertilizer blend.  It’ll take a few years perhaps but he feels pretty confident it will work.  So confident that he has agreed to let me follow the story of the lawn’s reaction right here on the blog.

The pictures in this post were all taken this week. 

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