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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Okay, totally ignorant here and admitting this up front. I actually live in a different area of the country (Texas), and we're first-time homeowners in terms of a house with a yard (in condos prior).

Our yard is a hot mess - tons of weeds. More than one could ever pull, and extremely ugly. The last owners didn't keep up with it. All of our neighbors have good yards, many seem to use a service. We're planning on having a service come in and spray 8x over the course of the season to try to eradicate the weeds and let the grass grow back.

Other than chemicals = bad, what's the big deal? Does it contaminate the water? They're pretty protective on water here and we haven't received anything saying not to use chemicals on your lawn.

So, follow up, since we don't get a hard freeze down here, you really do have to spray your house for bugs to prevent termites, ants, spiders, scorpions. Our house has the port where you can pump the chemicals through tubes in the walls too, but I've been told by many people in the area you MUST spray externally to prevent problems.

If you live in a bug-prone area, particularly destructive bugs like termites, how are you supposed to deal with them without pesticide?

All genuine questions - I'm open to doing things differently. I honestly had no idea this was an issue for people. [/quote]

The big deal is that pesticides have health risks to humans.  They are implicated in cancers (leukemia, lymphomas specifically), and do you really want to risk your families health (and pet health) for a nice looking lawn?  I don't understand that.  Our lawn looks like crap, with tons of weeds and clover (more weeds than actual grass) and we keep it mowed short so from a distance you can't tell.  I would never want to risk my families health for a perfect looking lawn.  Makes no sense to me.

Yes it also contaminates the water which also contaminates the Chesapeake bay and eventually the ocean. If you don't like farmers spraying pesticide don't spray it yourself. Our dog died from this stuff so the damage to animals is also real.[/quote]

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