Mill, the fact sheets comparing electric and gas mowing practices on your website are fantastic. While we will continue employing the same (gas-powered) landscaping company to mow our lawn, by going organic, Harvard was able to reduce its mowing frequency by 50%. This change was possible because unlike synthetic fertilizers that stimulate sudden and extraneous grass blade growth, nutrients in organic matter like compost and compost tea become available for plant uptake more gradually, fostering steady, continuous root growth. We hope that our organically revitalized lawn at Swarthmore will similarly require less mowing, reducing associated fossil fuel consumption and air pollution!

Nicely written and informative article. I look forward to more.