Gardening

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Add mulch around your plants.: Adding a mulch around plants slows water evaporation, saving water and giving plants a protective covering that will keep them moist even in the hotest weather. There is enormous water savings when all of your plants have a layer of mulch.
Compost your leaves and yard debris.: Compost your leaves and yard debris or take them to a yard debris recycler. Burning them creates air pollution, and putting them out with the trash wastes landfill space.


Create a lawnmower-free zone in your yard.: Challenge conventional wisdom of what a yard should be, by designating at least a portion of your yard as a "no-mow" zone, allowing grasses, weeds and local naturally seeding plants to grow, providing food for birds and other critters.
Educate yourself about permaculture.: Permaculture is an organic, sustainable way to live with the land. Perhaps there are some elements that could be applied to your home and community.
Garden organically.: Using natural pesticides and fertilizers and other organic gardening techniques, one can reduce chemical run-off, create a less harmful environment and produce great tasting and beautiful looking plants.
Grow your own food.: When we grow our own food, we eat more healthful, get more exercise and begin to look and feel more vibrant and attractive as we get in touch with the earth.
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Pull weeds instead of using herbicides.: It may not be your idea of fun, but pulling weeds by hand eliminates the need for herbicides, and does allow you to be outside and enjoy your garden up-close.
Renewable resources used for new mosquito repellent.: The renewable resources of lemon eucalyptus and meadowfoam combine to make a soothing lotion that is also an extremely effective mosquito repellent.
Renewable resources used for new mosquito repellent.: The sustainably farmed ingredients of lemon eucalyptus and meadowfoam seed oil are the key ingredients in a soothing lotion that that keeps mosquitoes from biting.
Sweep debris with a broom instead of a blower.: Leaf-blowers use fossil fuels and create noise pollution. For the same amount of effort and time you can use a broom to clear debris from walk-ways and driveways.
Sweep or rake leaves and debris instead of using a leaf blower.: Leaf blowers cause excessive noise pollution, as well as air pollution from the two stroke engine, what is worse is the air pollution that is caused by the blowing of dried spit, urination, dog doo, insects and decomposing matter all over the place.
Use a human powered lawn mower.: Using a push-mower produces no harmful exhaust, uses no gas, creates no noise pollution and gives us a great work-out.
Use drought-tolerant or native plants in landscaping.: Drought-tolerant and native plants need little or just the right amount of water for your region. During dry years, they can exist on less or no water, saving water and the lives of your plants.
Water lawns and gardens in the evening or early morning.: Watering lawns and gardens in the evening or before dawn allows ample time for the soil to absorb the moisture before the sun can evaporate it. Pouring countless gallons of water on our yards is excessive enough.

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