Monday, April 12, 2010

Organic lawn care

A lawn  is a very nice part of American home landscaping. A nice place for kids and pets to play. And it is also the place where we waste a lot of water and put a lot of chemicals to keep them nice. In my opinion a vegetable garden or native plants would be better, but as not everyone has the time to maintain a garden at least consider having an organic lawn.

Here you can read more Ohio State University - Natural Organic Lawn Care for Ohio. There are some companies that are offering organic lawn care, but get informed and make sure is not just a marketing strategy with no change in the use of chemicals.
Some resources
EPA - Green Landscaping: greenacres
EPA - Green Landscaping
EPA Orders Scotts to Stop Selling Certain Pesticides
EPA - Lawn and Garden
EPA - Healthy Lawn, Health Environment
EPA - Pesticide, read the label first
Questions and Answers About Water Conservation and Drought in Lawns
EPA - Residential Water Conservation Techniques
EPA - How to Conserve Water and Use It Effectively
EPA - Dos and Don'ts Around the Home
EPA - Water efficient landscaping

Saturday, April 3, 2010

This spring help the Bees, they work hard for us, producing 1/3 of our food, and they are disappearing

Plant some yellow and blue flowers, eat organic and buy local honey to help the BEES. They provide 1/3 of our food and they are disappearing because of pesticides, disease and climate change.
EPA - Pollinator Protection