Ep. 177 Why do we still have lawns and what to do about them?

Andy James, founder of Prairie Fire Restoration, quickly became a gentleman we greatly enjoyed. Join us as we discuss the largest mono-crop in the United States... lawns.

 

hokseynativeseeds.com (for larger prairie areas and CRP)

theprairiefarm.com (to turn your lawn into a prairie or pollinator patch)

 

Here are a few of the many studies he quoted in the podcast.

• Pet population increase from inital Kentucky study. 
  • 19 MILLION POUNDS anually in the 2018 study
• Our concept of the traditional lawn comes from Medieval Europe 
• Counter intuitive results from lawn fertilization, much of the issue is over application. Urban envrionments see an improvement in water quality. Solution: find a way to mitigate over application
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