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    • Design for Residential Properties
      • Welcoming Front Yard Designs
      • Naturescape Your Yard
      • Permaculture
      • Evergreen Screens
      • Yard to Table
      • Hardscape Design
      • Made in the Shade
      • Perennial Border Pizzaz
      • Seasonal Displays
      • Container Magic
      • Rain Gardens
      • Creating a Sense of Place
    • Fine Garden Maintenance Services
      • Pruning
      • Invasives Removal
      • Dividing and Transplanting
      • Weeding
      • Deadheading and Staking
      • Edging and Mulching
      • Leaf Shredding
      • Brush Chipping
      • Compost Bin Building & Tending
      • Preserving Mature Landscape Plantings
    • Landscape Installation Services
      • Landscape Planting
      • Hardscape Installation
      • Purchasing and Delivery
    • Plant Health Care Services
      • Soil Sampling and Amending
      • Soil and Plant Biology Enrichment Program
      • Organic Disease- and Insect-Control Strategies
      • Special Seasonal Services
      • Special Care of Roses
      • Tick & Mosquito Control
      • Air Spade Service
    • Consultation Services
      • Property Evaluation
      • Site-Specific Plans
      • Garden Coaching
      • Recommendations for Complementary Services
      • Curb-Appeal Audits
      • Your Complimentary 15-minute Phone Consultation
  • Portfolio
    • Aging in Place with the Garden
    • Updating Home with Native Plants for a New Family
    • Landscaping a New Home
    • Improving a Retaining Wall
    • Creating Green Screens
    • Building a Fire Pit
  • About Us
    • Service Areas
    • We’re Hiring
    • Priscilla Hutt Williams, Founder
    • Community Service
    • Resources
    • Staff Resources
    • Newsletter Archive
    • Customer Portal
    • Contact Us

Daily Archives: August 5, 2022

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Remediating Lead Paint Chips in Soil

Pumpkin Brook Organic Gardening UpdatesBy Bernadette GiblinAugust 5, 2022

Scraping of lead paint underway Several of our clients are having their homes scraped and painted this summer. For structures built before 1978, lead-based paint was used. What can be done about lead paint chips in the soil around foundations? Is it safe to eat herbs and plants grown in these areas? Painting companies should take precautions to…

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