<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span>I'm with you, Mikaila. My sister lives in a subdivision in Houston which not only prohibits the hanging out of laundry, but also specifies what colors one may paint one's house and stipulates that the grass not exceed a certain length. I'm sure that lawn alternatives are also interdicted. The sameness is stultifying.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>Laura Howe</span></div> <div
class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> On Wednesday, June 11, 2014 5:30 PM, Greg Gerritt <gerritt@mindspring.com> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv2636803107"><div><div>Compost the manure first and there is no smell. Greg Gerritt Coordinator RI Compost Initiative who got into the compost business running a barn cleaning service</div><div><br clear="none"></div><span id="yiv2636803107OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"></span><div class="yiv2636803107yqt7189109484" id="yiv2636803107yqt51131"><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left; color: black;
border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; padding: 3pt 0in 0in; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223);"><span style="font-weight:bold;">From: </span> aw <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:awoodward7@verizon.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:awoodward7@verizon.net">awoodward7@verizon.net</a>><br clear="none"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Reply-To: </span> aw <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:awoodward7@verizon.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:awoodward7@verizon.net">awoodward7@verizon.net</a>><br clear="none"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Date: </span> Wed, 11 Jun 2014 13:48:38 -0700 (PDT)<br clear="none"><span style="font-weight:bold;">To: </span> Summit Neighborhood <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Summit@sna.providence.ri.us" target="_blank" href="mailto:Summit@sna.providence.ri.us">Summit@sna.providence.ri.us</a>><br clear="none"><span
style="font-weight:bold;">Subject: </span> Re: [Summit] Lawnmower Crisis<br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div><span>I like some lawn to play on and walk in bare feet ... you don't need to use chemicals to have a healthy lawn.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.63636302947998px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span><br clear="none"></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.63636302947998px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>In problem spots I mix in white clover which is very pretty when it is rolling along with grass kept at a longer than traditional
height - clover provides nitrogen and tends to do well when the grass is struggling during certain years - plus the clover attracts bees.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.63636302947998px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span><br clear="none"></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.63636302947998px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>For weed control there are cornstarch based inhibitors to prevent germination - plus the tried and true method of pulling them up by hand (very therapeutic!). </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.63636302947998px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span><br clear="none"></span></div><div
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.63636302947998px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>And for fertilizer - good ol' manure works though it does smell like the neighborhood dogs had a big party on the lawn for about a week - I am sure some of my neighbors were not too thrilled. And a little shade from strategically placed trees also helps keep the grubs down and the grass healthy.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.63636302947998px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span><br clear="none"></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.63636302947998px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>~ amanda</span></div> <div
class="yiv2636803107qtdSeparateBR"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv2636803107yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> On Wednesday, June 11, 2014 2:34 PM, Robert Mathiesen <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:rmath13@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:rmath13@gmail.com">rmath13@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"> </font> </div> <br clear="none"><br clear="none"> <div class="yiv2636803107y_msg_container"><div id="yiv2636803107"><div><div dir="ltr">I'm with Greg and the others. -- Bob M<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv2636803107gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv2636803107gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun
11, 2014 at 1:24 PM, Greg Gerritt <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:gerritt@mindspring.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:gerritt@mindspring.com">gerritt@mindspring.com</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv2636803107gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="yiv2636803107yqt1427070383" id="yiv2636803107yqt59267"><div><font color="#000000"><font><font face="arial,sans-serif">I would be happy if all of our lawns returned to forest or were turned into gardens. Lawns are a waste of growing space.greg gerritt<br clear="none"></font></font></font><blockquote style="PADDING-LEFT:5px;MARGIN-LEFT:0px;BORDER-LEFT:#0000ff 2px solid;">-----Original Message-----
<br clear="none">From: Hope for Health <u></u><br clear="none">Sent: Jun 11, 2014 8:48 AM
<br clear="none">To: Michael McGlynn <u></u>, "<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:summit@sna.providence.ri.us" target="_blank" href="mailto:summit@sna.providence.ri.us">summit@sna.providence.ri.us</a>" <u></u><br clear="none">Subject: Re: [Summit] Lawnmower Crisis
<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><u></u><u></u><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div><span>I actually don't care about the lawnmowers</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>- in fact, I wish that more people would <br clear="none"></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>eliminate the lawns on which they are applying</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande',
sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>the toxic pesticides that are then marked with</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>little signs - as if that made them less of a <br clear="none"></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>pollutant. (The stuff can kill pets, by the way, <br clear="none"></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>so you should keep your dog away from lawns).</span></div><div
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The lawns are also very dull - same colored</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;">
same size short green sticks - I call them,</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;">
"Toxic Green Rugs". Boring!<br clear="none"><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><br clear="none"><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>I rejoice in the beautiful landscapes that some <br clear="none"></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>of</span><span> my neighbors
have in front of their homes -</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>including pretty flowers, bushes, and native plants.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>And no poison in water, air or soil.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><br clear="none"><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal;
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