Neem Dreamin’

I want to be part of the neem team. I want to believe in the neem dream. Is it too good to be true? As more and more awareness slowly seeps into American homeowners’ ideas of a lawn that doesn’t kill their pets and neighborhood birds or sicken their children, Americans head to their...

Gut Feelings

It seems that so many people we know (maybe even you) have various pains and problems with their guts. We have food insensitivities or food allergies. We have irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) or Crohn’s or dyspepsia….there are lots of different maladies. As a quick indicator of the size of the problem, the US Antacid...

Life is complicated

One of the things I’ve noticed about any news having to do with wildlife or biology is that it is usually simplistic. The soundbites and headlines read something like, “Save the Polar Bears from Extinction,” “No Mow May will save the Bees,” “No Mow May Has Downsides,” “Insects are in Catastrophic Decline,” “Mosquitoes are...

Lawns are BIG Business

In 2021, the lawn care/landscape industry had a market size of over $100 billion and it’s been growing at a rate of 5% per year. Incredible! (This doesn’t reflect the do-it-yourself lawn care industry…..more in a sec). This industry hires about 1 million workers, who mow lawns, landscape and do groundskeeping for businesses as...

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