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Originally Posted by BrianL99

It's all for naught, if you don't wrap your head in tin foil.

Belittling those with genuine environmental concerns helps in what way??

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Originally Posted by Joe C.

Chemicals aren't "evil". They just need to be used responsibly.
IMHO, life causes death. Can't have one without the other. How long we live depends on how well we navigate through our life by the choices we do or don't make, and of course our genetic makeup.

Having a healthy and friendly environment helps.

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Originally Posted by NoMoSno

What is your recommendation for controlling Dollarweed in your lawn?

Hard work on hands and knees digging it out?

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Originally Posted by MightyDog

Yes, humanity and animals just "figure it out". Tell that to the many millions of each group who have died from the naivete and ignorance of the public and the unbridled greed of multinational corporations who don't give a flip about poisoning.

Do some reading: Silent Spring - Wikipedia

As a vivid illustration of those points ^^, enjoy these charming retro images: https://www.reddit.com/r/70s/comment...uito_truck_in/

I remember the DDT "everywhere" period in UK. We had strips in the house, 'Flit Guns' for spraying any flying bug venturing within range, and the garden looked like white flour grading festival gone mad!

My wife and I have drastically altered our pest and disease control in our garden over the years.
Butterflies and bees are rapidly in decline here from pesticides etc. Nothing like the numbers from my formative years.
We have turned to hand weeding, companion planting, and most plants are bee and butterfly friendly. Most aphids, black and green flies etc can be removed by hand.
Hard work at times, but just a little payback from us for the damage we caused in ignorance years ago.

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Originally Posted by RRGuyNJ

I hear all this stuff about The Villages being a "Dog friendly Community". Boy oh boy, reading things here I can see that is definitely not the case. I see a few dogs here and there but not a huge population by any means. I guess when you want to exercise a dog you carry them to your car, drive 37.2 miles away to a rare area with 0 population, let them get their exercise then return.

Well, on my street more than half owners have dogs. But what they don’t do, is let their dogs go on other people’s property, or when grand kids come. They wait for an invitation. If you don’t think that is necessary, you’re in the wrong place.

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Originally Posted by Joe C.

Chemicals aren't "evil". They just need to be used responsibly.
IMHO, life causes death. Can't have one without the other. How long we live depends on how well we navigate through our life by the choices we do or don't make, and of course our genetic makeup.

"Evil"? Neither are guns, knives, baseball bat's, etc. But, what one uses them for, might be considered "evil". Or, just foolish or unwise.

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Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

Hard work on hands and knees digging it out?

A blanket app of Celsius WG works better.

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Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

"Evil"? Neither are guns, knives, baseball bat's, etc. But, what one uses them for, might be considered "evil". Or, just foolish or unwise.

F Pak.....remember when I responded to a similar post by you...you know the ‘West Side Story’ one? I hope the admins have seen I’ve learned!

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Originally Posted by Erider

Make sure that the rats, squirrels, birds, bobcats, racoons etc get notified because they are happily pooping and peeing on your lawn every day.

Seldom see that or any evidence of wild animals doing that. Also,comparing wild life activity to human guided is disingenious, at least, and no justification for misuse of someone else's yard/lawn as a toilet for one's bad, disrespectful behavior.

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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

Don't control it. You could, instead, do two possible things:

1. You can mow it along with the rest of the "crap they pretend is grass and call a lawn" here in Florida. From a distance, no one will know the difference. It's the same color green as St. Augustine.

2. Go 100% organic, with zero pesticides on your lawn, and then harvest the dollarweed (also known as pennywort). You can stir-fry it with shallots and add to a savory dish, or even nibble on it raw. It's been used for centuries to lower blood pressure, and has a slightly bitter, spicy flavor to it. Leaf and stem, 100% edible. UNLESS you use pesticides.

Like suggestion 2. But, not after the neighborhood dogs have used it.

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Who came here knowing it would always come back to ‘dog poop’!

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Originally Posted by PhilG

For those suffering pernicious chemophobia, relocate to a sterilized cave in a remote desert, HEPA filter your air and use a reverse osmosis system for your water. Hydroponic vegies and trap passing varmints for your meat. Stay out of the sun!

Trapping passing varmints could share diseases and/or parasites. Not so good.
Air filter can work anywhere.
A modern home can be made as sterile as a cave. Same with house water.
Hydroponic gardening can be done right here.
No one really needs to move unless they want to.

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Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

Trapping passing varmints could share diseases and/or parasites. Not so good.
Air filter can work anywhere.
A modern home can be made as sterile as a cave. Same with house water.
Hydroponic gardening can be done right here.
No one really needs to move unless they want to.

‘Hydroponic’.....you can say it. Weed!

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Originally Posted by sallyg

What's up with all the negativity?

Just something to talk about. Can't have a good conversation unless there is a difference of opinion. (For reference, see Monty Python's "argument clinic" sketch. )

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Originally Posted by NoMoSno

A blanket app of Celsius WG works better.

Maybe so. But think of the great workout you will miss out on, and all the neighbors you won't meet when they bring their dogs by to crap on your lawn. Think of the fun you will miss.