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Earth Friendly Land Care, Inc
Steve Mozley, President
93 Interlacken Road
Springfield IL 62704
(217) 652-3565
http://www.earthfriendlylandcare.com
Services/Products/IPM Description
Range of Products and Services
We are helping people with the care and conservation of the earth and our natural resources for current and future generations, beginning at home and the places that surround us in our daily lives. Services include organic lawn, garden, turf and land care assistance using safer ecologically friendly organic and natural alternatives without potentially harmful chemical pesticides and synthetic fertilizers. We are an Accredited Organic Land Care Professional through the NOFA Organic Land Care Program.
Services/Products Categories
- Landscape
- Commercial
- School
- Residential
Definition of Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
A control method involving: pest identification and monitoring; determining threshold for action; taking appropriate actions to prevent pests from becoming a threat and if necessary use least risky methods of control of pests that exceed threshold levels.
How Pest Problems Are Identified
Lawns are continually monitored visually and if pests are identified the threshold level is determined.
Tools, Practices, and Materials Used/Sold
Practices Used to Prevent or Control Pests
Proper feeding with organic lawn food, soil amendments as determined by soil test, proper mowing, core aeration; over seeding; mechanical and hand removal and more.Biological Controls Used?
Beneficial nematodes and milky spore.
Borates Used?
No.
Synthetic Chemicals Used?
No.
Top Ten Pesticides Used/Sold/Recommended
None.
How Much Pesticide Used Per Year, and How Applied?
N/A
Uses Physical or Mechanical Controls?
Hand removal of undesirable plants followed by top dressing with 50:50 compost and top soil and over seeding; core aeration.
Lawn Care
Type of Fertilizers Used/Sold/Recommended
Evaluation
How Effectiveness of Pest Management Systems is Evaluated
Visually monitor the lawn, hand pull on the grass to determine if it is firmly attached; cut a foot square in the lawn and pull the turf back to check for pests.
References
Mr. & Mrs. Fretz, Chatham, IL 62629; Mr. Drury, Springfield, IL 62704