Lawn & Garden
7 things you can do to Green Your Lawn & Garden
Want a lawn, garden, and landscape that's healthy for you and the planet? Check out these tips for outdoor spaces that are truly green:
Choose an electric or push mower
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Gasoline-powered mowers contribute to air and noise pollution and produce significant volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Opt for a quiet, non-polluting electric or push mower instead.
Choose eco-friendly landscaping tools
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Put down that leaf blower and pick up a rake! Save your hearing and the environment with hand tools—and get a little exercise—or use quieter, less-polluting electric lawn and garden equipment.
Choose the correct watering system
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An effective watering system can save water, time, and money. Soaker hoses, drip irrigation, rain barrels, hoses, sprinklers, and watering cans are just a few of the options.
Use eco-friendly landscape materials
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Natural or recycled landscape materials—for paths, islands, walkways, and retaining walls—can add uniquely beautiful and practical finishing touches to your landscape design.
Make your own compost
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Compost made from kitchen scraps and yard waste creates free "black gold" for garden plants.
Practice xeriscaping
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Originally developed for a desert climate, the principles of xeriscaping can be practiced anywhere—to save water and create an attractive, low-maintenance landscape.
Create a backyard wildlife habitat
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Whether you want to attract bluebirds or butterflies, chipmunks or chickadees, landscaping your yard to attract wildlife is a fun family activity that can even help save endangered animals.
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