I've asked this poster to be a bit more specific regarding the locality. Meanwhile, I'm sending this along in case anyone on this list is doing landscaping in the area. I've already prosposed a workshop to design a long- term solution that's more sustainable, and I've already sugested sheep, so those bases are covered. Please do not reply to me (I'll delete the email pro forma) but to the original poster: cneurath@tds.net Dan Hemenway For Mother Earth, Dan Hemenway, Yankee Permaculture Publications (since 1982), Elfin Permaculture workshops, lectures, Permaculture Design Courses, consulting and permaculture designs (since 1981), and annual correspondence courses via email. Copyright, 1998, Dan & Cynthia Hemenway, P.O. Box 52, Sparr FL 32192 USA Internships. YankeePerm@aol.com We don't have time to rush. A list by topic of all Yankee Permaculture titles may be found at http://csf.colorado.edu/perma/ypc_catalog.html Elfin Permaculture programs are listed at the Eastern Permaculture Teachers assn home page: http://home.ptd.net/~artrod/epta/eptahmp.html
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- To: YankeePerm@aol.com
- Subject: unrelated to maple syrup or roofs
- From: CN <cneurath@tds.net>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:31:57 -0500
- In-Reply-To: <79ae3f12.36559b4c@aol.com>
Dan, I've been meaning to post this question to the whole list, but since your business in called Yankee Permaculture I'm going to try you first. A local college that I am vaguely affiliated with, St.Lawrence University, in Northern New York State, has a student group which is trying very hard to get the grounds department to stop using pesticides and herbicides on campus. Of course, the University wants the place to look "good" for alumni so they regularly douse all the lawns, trees, and walkways. I think if there was a commercial outfit, or consultant who could "guarantee" the grounds department that they could have nice green lawns etc. without chemicals, that they might try it. They are not going to believe a bunch of their own students. Do you know of such landscaping/lawn care companies that would be willing to take on such a client? Do you know whether it would cost a lot more than they are spending right now? Perhaps if the students presented a list of qualified companies, the University would actually look into hiring one of them. I think the University would want to use it's own employees for the actual implementation, so the company would be more an advisory or consulting relationship than actually going out and spreading the compost and mulch. By the way, the university has a large horse riding stable which generates mountains of wonderful compost-ready manure. They also own a 18 hole golf course, which might have to be a 2md stage. waiting for success with organic campus landscaping before they would be ready to give up poisons. Chris Neurath
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