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• <br /> 26 February 1998 <br /> Jim Torrey <br /> Page Three <br /> 2. If every square foot of the planting area is designed to eventually be covered with <br /> "wanted" plants (instead of exposed soil or bark mulch), there will be no <br /> "weeds" and no need for labor- intensive weeding or, worse, costly herbicides. <br /> 3. A "light- handed" approach to the care of these landscapes is desirable. If <br /> properly designed, Nature will do most of the work (for free!), while we humans <br /> help direct the site's development only as needed. (This is in stark contrast, of <br /> course, to the current "heavy- handed" approach that fights Nature at every step <br /> of the way, and results in both unhappy plants and unhappy gardeners!) <br /> 4. Healthy landscapes recycle all their nutrients on -site. There is no need for <br /> fertilizer, bark mulch, or leaf raking. These activities, in fact, create more <br /> problems than they solve. <br /> For many decades, development has unnecessarily covered up vast areas of life- giving soil, <br /> especially along our public right -of -ways. Our community has enough of these asphalt and <br /> concrete "preserves" already; it's time to start converting some of them back into "nature <br /> preserves" that will benefit all of us (and the rest of the critters with whom we share this <br /> world) in a variety of wondrous ways. <br /> Yours sincerely, <br /> () .1.A.A.A.1/4:01 <br /> Dennis Lueck <br /> Attachments <br />