With all of the new laws being passed and the world becoming more aware of what exactly we are putting on our lawns and in our soil, there has been a big push for ‘Organic Lawn Care’. Organic Lawn Care…what is it? What defines organic? …
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So, we switched and switched, and this year we are using Ron’s Lawn Care Service, ie me. The funny thing about Ron’s Lawn Care Service is that he also seems to mow a day or so late regularly. But he does do a good job mowing, …
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With right set of lawn care equipment, preserving a lawn can be an enjoyable and fulfilling hobby, even to those who have very little time to tend to their lawn. However, it is also important for lawn owner to care for lawn equipment. …
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This growing lawn care and landscaping business concentrates on a reputation of quality and service. The customers are both commercial and industrial customers - about 80% of the business is…
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LAWN CARE UPDATE - MOWING LAWNS GUILT-FREE! The Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI) reported in a recent study that mowing your turfgrass can actually reduce your carbon footprint. The reason: Healthy trufgrass can capture up to …
People that pay for lawn care service are typically willing to pay for other services such as cleaning up fallen leaves, clearing walks and driveways of snow and ice, trimming trees or shrubs, cleaning gutters, and even hanging …
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When you look for lawn care service providers, you are going to find a wide variety from providers, all the services needed can be delivered by one company or by several. There are companies that target certain areas on lawn care…
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Proper lawn care is important. A nice lawn adds to the look and even to the value of your home and even your neighborhood. In addition, it gives you and your family a lush and beautiful place to enjoy the outdoors around your very own …
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Lawn mowers really have the potential to do great harm to the body. Nearly 75,000 Americans are seriously injured in lawn mower accidents each year. About 10,000 of these injuries involve children. The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery and the American Academy of Pediatrics both recommend that children not operate a lawn mower until they are 16 years old. Injuries are most serious during summer season. Children’s Hospital sees the devastating effects lawn mower injuries can have on children and their parents - reconstructive surgery, long hospital stays and permanent disfigurement and disability.
Children should never ride as a passenger on a lawn mower. It may seem like fun for kids to co-pilot the riding mower with mom and dad. However, as riding mowers are not designed for two persons, children on riding mowers have the potential to fall and be run over by the mower, resulting in serious injury or amputation of the extremities. In most accidents parents admit their ignorance of the dangers involving child on riding mower. Some are not even aware that having a child in the yard while they’re cutting the lawn was dangerous.
Adults operating lawn mowers are just as much at risk for injuries as their children. Adult should wear protective gear including pants, steel-toed boots, goggles and ear protection, excluding portable music players. Make sure all debris (rocks, sticks and toys) are removed from the yard before you begin mowing. Loose objects can project out of the lawn mower and cause serious injury. On slopes or steep hills, riding mowers have the potential to tip or roll over, which can result in serious injury.
With more than 22 percent of lawn mower injuries involving the hand, fingers or wrist, it is only safe to make sure that the engine is off and mower blade completely stopped rotating before attempting to remove debris from the mower or make adjustments to it.
Pollution from lawn mowers and lawn care equipment is a big problem. In America alone there are over 25 million acres of lawn. To maintain these lawns, more than 89 million small gasoline engines are deployed. Each weekend 54 million people mow their lawns burning 800 million gallons of gasoline a year. A single gasoline lawn mower could create more pollution than 73 new cars. Operating a lawn mower one hour could create the same pollution levels as driving a new automobile 340 miles. It is estimated that 5% of America’s pollution comes from lawn care equipment. In major cities, single day air pollution from lawn equipment exceeds the total emissions from all planes in the city airport.
The reason for lawn mower to be in such a big pollution problem is that gas-powered small engines are not equipped with the same pollution controlling devices that are installed in automobiles. Tailpipe emissions from automobiles have been regulated in one form or another for decades. Not so with lawn care equipment. Until just a few years ago, the patchwork of small engine pollution regulations which has sprung up around the United States did not exist.
The good news is in the next few years we can begin seeing more rigorous environmental standards for lawn and garden equipment. Toro, a leading brand in lawn mower, has introduced biodiesel-ready mowers and hydrogen fuel cell utility vehicle in 2007, after many years of testing everything from soybean oils to French fry grease as fuels. Toro also offers diesel-to-biodiesel conversion kits ranging from $30 to $500. Biodiesel-ready equipment runs on 20 percent vegetable oil and 80 percent petroleum. By 2009, mower running solely on biodiesel fuel could be on the market.
Besides going for biodiesel lawn mower, lawn owners can also help solve pollution by reducing the amount of lawn in the yard. One example is to create different types of flowerbeds and garden paths using a variety of materials such as gravel or brick or even just fieldstone or mulch. Not only does this reduce the lawn, it also gives home owners more opportunities to create beautiful flowerbeds and garden paths. However, it really goes beyond the beauty of these flowers, it’s about the environment.
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