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Organic Lawn Care Videos & AdviceWelcome to Soil Notes, Soils Alive's video web feature. If it is organic answers you're seeking, we have them.

We created Soil Notes to quickly and simply address common lawn & landscape issues from an organic point of view. Soil Notes also discusses many of the common solutions we employ in our treatment programs without all the overly-technical jargon. Enjoy! And please contact us if we can be of further assistance.

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Spring: Green Grass Along With Green Weeds

Time and again, we at Soils Alive get asked about weeds - Why are weeds so pervasive in the Spring? The answer is threefold:

1. Weeds have very little competition in the Spring when Summer grasses are still dormant and not competing for water or nutrients.

2. Most weeds are annuals, and they put all their energy into one thing - to mature and produce seeds. Most weeds germinate sometime between the months of…
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