Reply #4: Well we do put way too much fertilizer on lawns, gardens, and farms ....

[Botany]

.... it is a multi billion dollar business (lawn care and etc) .... but
you have to be smart about it. N is not available to plants below
50 degrees F .... sweep the extra back into the beds or lawns ...
we need to restore native areas (wetlands, meadows, woods, and
grasslands) and protect the ones we have to help in bio filtration
.... getting rid of 70% of our lawns (waste of money, water, fuel,
and chemicals) .... slow down the flash flood effect after storms ...
restore the natural meanders of creeks, streams, and rivers ....
rain gardens ...... plant native species.

Also some fine work has been down about the vital importance
of oysters in filtering the bay's water too.