ImaStory

A brief history of the American lawn and its results.

Shared Chapters
Turf Terror: Part One
Thursday, August 14, 2014 to Sunday, August 24, 2014
[These series of articles were written in 2005 and some appeared in the Kansas City Star] What was the best “con” of the twentieth century? My vote goes to the worldwide diamond trade. Debeers and friends, who consolidated the markets in the late nineteenth century, secured a monopoly of truly remarkable proportions. Who in the world today doesn’t know that a diamond is forever and is also a girl’s best friend? The “grass” trade in the United States may not be in the same league as the diamond monopoly, nor did it deliberately start out in it ...continued...
  • By: walter  winch
  • Sunday, August 24, 2014, 11:57:00 AM
  • updated: Sunday, August 24, 2014 11:57:00 AM
Turf Terror: Part Three
Monday, August 18, 2014 to Thursday, August 28, 2014
We are watching the entire United States, but particularly the border states of New York, Connecticut, Maine, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Washington, for any activity relative to banning pesticides. [Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment, 2005 (pesticide/fertilizer lobbying group)] What are the final pieces in America’s multi-billion dollar “grass” trade industry? Weed control ordinances started appearing in the mid-1940s, and over the next fifty plus years they arose in practically every metropolitan area of the U.S. Within a remarkable unif ...continued...
  • By: walter  winch
  • Thursday, August 28, 2014, 4:56:00 PM
  • updated: Thursday, August 28, 2014 4:56:00 PM
Turf Terror: Part Four
Thursday, August 21, 2014 to Sunday, August 31, 2014
One of the national lawn care companies states in its sales brochure that it’s got chemicals for early spring to deal with “winter stresses” In the early summer it has chemicals to help you “prepare” for the nasty summer. In the early fall the candy man has the elixir to help your sensitive mono-turf recover from the “stresses of summer.” And of course they promise winter protection for your lawn’s “winter survival.” How did nature survive before humans developed all these chemicals and tools to create and protect our precious, artifi ...continued...
  • By: walter  winch
  • Sunday, August 31, 2014, 3:54:00 PM
  • updated: Sunday, August 31, 2014 3:54:00 PM

Links

Links