Pesticides in Visual Studio .NET

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Plants in nature get pests and diseases just the same as the ones in your garden In nature, though, there s a better balance of pests and predators, and because the system is in a state of equipoise things are less likely to go wildly out of control And, of course, nature doesn t have the same attitude about pests and diseases as the average gardener Humans tend to judge roses as beautiful and aphids as unbeautiful Even if you want to stay within the bounds of proper suburban order, you can control most pests pretty easily without resorting to wicked chemicals and warlike ways Refer to 3 of Book VI for complete details on pest management

Herbicides kill weeds Weeds are plants that are both undesired and inclined to self-replicate to a troublesome degree A lot of them are imported, but opinion makes a plant a weed, so natives don t escape the designation Despite decades of herbicide use, you may have noticed that you still have as many weeds as ever Something s not working Although you ll never entirely get rid of weeds, there are some simple, sustainable strategies that work at least as well as the big chemical guns See 3 of Book VI tells you more about this important subject

Petroleum products (oil, gasoline, natural gas) are used everywhere in the garden The first thing that comes to mind is gas-powered lawn mowers and other power garden equipment According to the EPA, Americans use over 800 million gallons of gas a year just mowing their lawns Incredible But there s a whole lot more oil in those gardens Have a look: Transportation of imported materials Transportation of tools, equipment, and workers Manufacturing of nearly everything used in the landscape Pumping water from its source to your house Chemically based fertilizers Many pesticides Plastics of all kinds, including irrigation pipe and materials, garden structures, furniture, and plant containers Construction processes that require power tools and heavy equipment Maintenance, including the use of power equipment Disposal, including trash hauling, green-waste processing and landfill management By using hand tools, organic fertilizers, natural materials, and other lowimpact inputs, you can significantly reduce your garden s dependence on fossil fuels And if you use some of your property to grow food, you ll reduce your own dependence on fossil fuels for food production and shipment In fact, many sustainable processes don t just make things less bad, they make them a lot better than they were Take this approach far enough, and your landscaping will go beyond sustainability to become a net producer of great stuff food, fresh air, cooler homes, more wildlife, happier people and more That s when things get really good

Sustainable landscaping is stable landscaping, which means it isn t always trying to blow itself to pieces if you leave it alone for a few days With its own elegant system of checks and balances, it doesn t really need much from you A little benevolent nudging now and then is sufficient for the routine care of the landscape, with perhaps a long day in the garden once or twice a season Know what that means You have time to enjoy the garden instead of working in it every weekend!

When you construct your landscape sustainably and maintain it sensibly, you spend less money on it over time It may or may not cost you less to put in, but certainly it will cost less to care for because it makes fewer ongoing demands Table 2-1 gives you a rough idea about how the costs differ

Table 2-1

Element Original design and installation Professional maintenance labor (excluding lawn) Lawn mowing and care Pesticides (traditional) and soil amendments (sustainable) Water

Conventional vs Sustainable Costs*

Conventional Garden 5,000 sq ft $4 per foot = $20,000 3,000 sq ft @ $003/ft/mo 20 years = $21,600 $50/week 50 weeks 20 years = $50,000 $10/mo 20 years = $2,400 Sustainable Garden 5,000 sq ft @ $4 per foot = $20,000 3,000 sq ft @ $002/ft/ mo 20 years = $14,400 Zero (no lawn) $2/mo 20 years = $480

10 units/mo @ $5 each (inc sewer charges & tax) 20 years = $12,000 10 per year @ $4000 inc removal & disposal 20 years = $8,000 $114,000 82%