06/07/2026
Here at Prairie Haven Farm - Buffalo MN we use our grass clippings as mulch for our food plants. For this reason, we avoid synthetic lawn treatments. We DO NOT want those chemicals in our food.
Another great reason to reconsider traditional lawn treatments:
Healthy soil, and native beneficials.
The lawn treatment didn't fix the lawn. It replaced the things that were already fixing it.
Ground beetles were eating the slugs. Firefly larvae were eating the snails. Parasitic wasps were suppressing the grubs. The soil fungi were helping the roots absorb nutrients without synthetic fertilizer.
The broad-spectrum application removed all of them along with the pests. Now the lawn needs the next application — because the organisms that were doing the work for free aren't there anymore.
Before the next truck comes, ask what the treatment is actually replacing. The answer is usually the biology that was already in the soil.
