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MOSQUITO AND TICK SPRAY FOR YOUR YARD
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported a threefold increase in cases of illnesses transmitted to humans by mosquitoes and ticks in the last 15 years. Making matters worse, nine new pathogens emerged for the first time in the U.S. during this same period. When temperatures rise, the time between generations of mosquitoes shortens. What’s…
Read MorePermeable Pavers Solution
When my asphalt driveway was cracking a few years back, I called 3 paving companies to give quotes on repairing or replacing it. No one returned my call. Frustrated, I had the Organic Soil Solutions crew tear it up and lay down crusher run, a dense grade aggregate that compacts well, but allows the water to seep…
Read MoreDormant Seeding
This should be a great year for dormant seeding if you already did it. We were able to do a number of lawns that needed some help, just before the recent storm. Now that seed is lying dormant under three feet of snow. Dormant seed in a battered lawnHere are a few pictures of dormant…
Read MorePlants Need Love Too
If you like our approach to lawns, you’ll love what we can do for your plants and landscape. Our primary focus has always been lawn care, but as our name implies, Organic Soil Solutions is really about the soil. Caring for the soil is the best way to provide an attractive organic lawn, but a…
Read MoreFall Organic Lawn Care Tips
Many of our customers have lush, green, organic lawns in the fall. This is the result of a true organic lawn care maintenance process and healthy soil. As one customer said, “I love how the lawn looks in the fall. The green comes back and the leaves look pretty falling – for now. Our lawn…
Read MoreConfessions From Skeptic to Believer
This is the tale of Amy J. from Arlington, MA… One year ago in October, our lawn looked disgusting. It was full of large open bare spots and significant portions were brown. This October, after a growing season of organic care and feeding from Organic Soil Solutions, it looks AWESOME! It is green, thick and…
Read MoreINVASION OF CREEPING SPURGE IN YOUR LAWN
Sounds like a scary movie, doesn’t it? An invasion of creeping spurge might actually happen to your lawn! But don’t fear, we have some expert advice to help you combat the spurge. Here’s how the story goes…[JULY 2014] PAUL [Concerned Organic Lawn Owner]:I am writing to get your advice on how we should deal with…
Read MoreCOMPOST TEA & CLOVER = A HEALTHY LAWN
Recently, we applied compost tea with microbial foods to the soil that supports the lawns of our customers. The soil is a living breathing place with air, water and billions of micro-organisms breaking things down and building things up. It is a little quiet down there now, but it will soon be crackling with activity…
Read MoreMOW LOW FOR A HAPPY ORGANIC LAWN
“What I enjoy is not the fruits alone, but I also enjoy the soil itself, its nature and its power.” – Cicero, De Senectute In the Spring, we seed bare spots and damaged areas of your lawn with a spring seed that germinates quickly and crowds out weeds. By maintaining an organic lawn, you are contributing…
Read MoreWE’RE MAKING PROGRESS IN ORGANIC LAWN CARE
Happy New Year! This is the time to reflect on life and think about how to make more progress in 2014. Life can be a constant struggle to make sense out of things we don’t understand. What makes perfect sense for one person sounds like crazy talk to another. Things that used to be normal,…
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