New Grass Seed Environmentally Friendly
Lawns Require Little Water, Upkeep
POSTED: 3:36 pm EDT September 1,
2008
UPDATED: 6:05 pm EDT September 2,
2008
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BOSTON -- Many of us love having a lush green lawn, but most of us probably wish it wouldn't take so much effort or use too many chemicals. NewsCenter 5's David Brown reported that there is a brand new grass seed that grows a hassle- and chemical-free lawn.
New Grass Seed Environmentally Friendly Its green, its lush, it's environmentally friendly and it's the talk of Wayland.This is the new lawn growing in front of the First Parish Church. It's drought tolerant, requires very little water, it's slow-growing and requires very little upkeep."One of the things that's important to us is, people like to have a nice green lawn for their weddings in the summer ... things like that. Yet you don't want to be insensitive about the overuse of water," minister Ken Sawyer said. It sounds too good to be true, but it all comes down to the seed.Jackson Madnick has created a new seed blend called Pearls Premium. Once established, the deep-rooted grass needs very little water, growing at a quarter of the rate of the more common bluegrass.You need to keep the grass higher than most lawns, but this means it only needs to be cut once a month."It's important to have an ecological lawn. To lessen your health risks, to lessen the runoff of chemical fertilizers to the environment and to save time, money and water," Jackson Madnick said. The ecological lawn is sprouting around many Boston-area ponds as homeowners steer clear of common fertilizers."We were very excited to hear about this grass that didn't require fertilizers and didn't even require a lot of care, mowing or other types of care. So we decided we wanted to try it," homeowner Karen Lowery said.The deep-rooted, drought-tolerant grass seed also does a very good job with erosion control. One hill side has been hydroseeded and once the grass takes hold it's going to keep the hillside up."I put it in less than a year ago. It came up in a few weeks. Just watered it for a couple of weeks and left it. Didn't do anything didn't mow it didn't cut it didn't water it didn't put any chemicals on it and it came up," said homeowner Bart Berkowitz.
New Grass Seed Environmentally Friendly Its green, its lush, it's environmentally friendly and it's the talk of Wayland.This is the new lawn growing in front of the First Parish Church. It's drought tolerant, requires very little water, it's slow-growing and requires very little upkeep."One of the things that's important to us is, people like to have a nice green lawn for their weddings in the summer ... things like that. Yet you don't want to be insensitive about the overuse of water," minister Ken Sawyer said. It sounds too good to be true, but it all comes down to the seed.Jackson Madnick has created a new seed blend called Pearls Premium. Once established, the deep-rooted grass needs very little water, growing at a quarter of the rate of the more common bluegrass.You need to keep the grass higher than most lawns, but this means it only needs to be cut once a month."It's important to have an ecological lawn. To lessen your health risks, to lessen the runoff of chemical fertilizers to the environment and to save time, money and water," Jackson Madnick said. The ecological lawn is sprouting around many Boston-area ponds as homeowners steer clear of common fertilizers."We were very excited to hear about this grass that didn't require fertilizers and didn't even require a lot of care, mowing or other types of care. So we decided we wanted to try it," homeowner Karen Lowery said.The deep-rooted, drought-tolerant grass seed also does a very good job with erosion control. One hill side has been hydroseeded and once the grass takes hold it's going to keep the hillside up."I put it in less than a year ago. It came up in a few weeks. Just watered it for a couple of weeks and left it. Didn't do anything didn't mow it didn't cut it didn't water it didn't put any chemicals on it and it came up," said homeowner Bart Berkowitz. Copyright 2009 by TheBostonChannel.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
