05:43 PM PDT on Wednesday, September 21, 2005

By ANTONIA GIEDWOYN, kgw.com Staff

TIGARD – An environmentally-conscious sod squad is going door-to-door in Tigard neighborhoods, sharing healthy lawn tips.

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An example of a healthy lawn.

Pesticide-free lawn advocates recently approached 800 Tigard homeowners. About 600 of those approached agreed to take part in the “healthy lawns project.”

It’s easy to forget that not everything spread on a lawn stays in the grass. Pesticides used in lawn-care products become pollution as they roll down gutters and into the nearest streams.

The sod squad, Dyami Valentine and Andy Truong, walk Tigard neighborhoods spreading the simple message to practice environmentally sound lawn care.

To learn more, click on the links to the right.

(KGW reporter Vince Patton contributed to this report.)