Long Island

Content Preview

Newsday/Optimum Online® subscribers click here for full access
Not a Newsday or Optimum Online® subscriber? Click here

Glen Head gardener puts her lawn in detox

Roxanne Zimmer is sending her grass to rehab.

Convinced that fertilizer and weed killers turn lawns into junkies that need chemical fixes to thrive, the Glen Head gardener and self-described environmentalist is in the midst of a bold experiment.

"This year, I'm going to go cold turkey: no fertilizer, and no watering," said Zimmer, a journalism professor at the College of New Rochelle....

newsday.com is now available at no charge to Newsday and Optimum Online® subscribers. To continue reading, please log in or register now.

  • Already
    registered on
    newsday.com?
    log in
  • Already a subscriber
    to Newsday or
    Optimum Online®?
    get access
  • Not a Newsday
    or Optimum Online®
    subscriber?
    click here

Photos and videos