At first glance a well trimmed, dark green lawn appears lush and healthy. Ahhh, this must be the ultimate lawn in the American suburban dream. No matter where you live in the Tinkers Creek watershed, we all want to keep our communities looking good. But take a deeper look and the picture perfect lawn is not as it seems. Here we find a hard to maintain monoculture, loaded with questionable chemicals and dangers to our pets, children and our watershed. A monoculture, the growth or cultivation of a single crop in an area, does not occur in nature. Naturally occurring, native vegetation includes a combination of grasses and plants which are suited to thrive in the local environment, to live through dry weather and pests and do not need watering. The typical chemically fertilized turf lawn will need fertilizing, weed killers and watering to maintain its appearance which adds chemicals to the environment and uses up our important resource of clean water. Click here to read full article