Help me with my lawn - PLEASE :)

[knlrachel]

My husband and I are committed to a chemical free landscape and we both love a nice green lawn for the kids to play on.  The problem is that we have Creeping Charlie and a host of other weeds that seem determined to rule the lawn.  The weeds that tend to grow hold lots of moisture and bugs and make the backyard in particular not a great place to play.  Anyone know what I can do to handle the creeping Charlie and get a green lawn without resorting to chemicals???

Thanks!

[philomom]

An eco lawn that is more forgiving of weeds in general is a good bet with kids. Otherwise, you'll be facing a mountain of hand weeding at all times of the year while you reduce weeds and overseed the grasses.

[knlrachel]

By eco-lawn, do you mean a different type of ground covering?  I would love to hear more about that.  We have had other types of ground cover, but they just prove to be a MAJOR growing place for slugs (literally 3" ones).  I don't mind some weeds, but I would like to have lawn everywhere without the big mud spots we currently have.  Thanks!  

[aliall]

This is my favorite informational site for organic lawn care.  

http://www.richsoil.com/lawn-care.jsp

It is called "organic lawn care for the cheap and lazy"  

(No affiliation to the site...just ran across it a few years ago and thought it was great. I don't think he is selling anything anyway!)

Edited by aliall - 4/22/11 at 11:24am

[knlrachel]

I love this site!  Thanks!