6) Natural Lawn CareDon't you just love summertime's, laying on your lawn, flowing your fingers through the grass?
I bet you would think differently if you knew what you were really laying on.
The average suburban lawn uses six times the hazardous chemicals per acre than conventional farming. Is this really safe? Or necessary? What about your children and pets who play on that lawn, how much of those chemicals are going into their bodies?
If just 10% of us switched to natural lawn care, over half a billion lbs. of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides would prevented from entering the environment...and our bodies! When you use pesticides, fertilizers, and herbicides on your lawns and gardens, you cannot segregate what they kill from what you really want them to kill.
Some of the best fertilizer you could have is compost. While you mow your lawn, mulch! Leave the mulched clippings on your lawn and reduce the need for lawn fertilizer by 30% as well as help your lawn trap carbon. If you don't want to mulch, keep the clippings for compost. You can buy or make a fairly inexpensive, yet effective, composter that can sit in the corner or your lawn, or by your recycle bins. Keep all your scraps of food, and lawn trimmings to create beautiful compost that will fertilize your lawn naturally (and your plants will LOVE it). One of the benefits to using organic fertilizers is reducing the amount of toxic chemicals in our water systems, which in turn reduces the amount of toxic chemicals in our bodies.
Most people who have a garden struggle, at one time or another with unwanted insects. Take example from Mother Nature, use checks and balances! Instead of jumping to the easiest thing, sythentic pesticides, research the pest, and try to find it's natural enemy (a beneficial insects) to introduce into your garden instead. This is the most effective, and natural way to remove unwanted insects from your yard. In nature’s cycle we have predators and prey. Those nasty bugs that are making prey out of your prize roses are also a tasty snack to other insects. Introducing these beneficial insects into your garden can help control unwanted pests.
One very beneficial insect to introduce into your garden is the light green lacewing fly. Lacewings should be purchased as eggs which you spread around your garden plants. As soon as the eggs hatch the hungry larvae will eat caterpillars, moth eggs, aphids, mealy bugs and almost anything else that gets in its way.
Another beneficial insect is the praying mantis. Purchase praying mantis’s as eggs and place in your garden. When the praying mantis hatches he will eat beetles, flies, aphids, and many other insects. Your kids will love this one too, they are fun to have around, not to mention beautiful!
I bet you would think differently if you knew what you were really laying on.
The average suburban lawn uses six times the hazardous chemicals per acre than conventional farming. Is this really safe? Or necessary? What about your children and pets who play on that lawn, how much of those chemicals are going into their bodies?
If just 10% of us switched to natural lawn care, over half a billion lbs. of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides would prevented from entering the environment...and our bodies! When you use pesticides, fertilizers, and herbicides on your lawns and gardens, you cannot segregate what they kill from what you really want them to kill.
Some of the best fertilizer you could have is compost. While you mow your lawn, mulch! Leave the mulched clippings on your lawn and reduce the need for lawn fertilizer by 30% as well as help your lawn trap carbon. If you don't want to mulch, keep the clippings for compost. You can buy or make a fairly inexpensive, yet effective, composter that can sit in the corner or your lawn, or by your recycle bins. Keep all your scraps of food, and lawn trimmings to create beautiful compost that will fertilize your lawn naturally (and your plants will LOVE it). One of the benefits to using organic fertilizers is reducing the amount of toxic chemicals in our water systems, which in turn reduces the amount of toxic chemicals in our bodies.
Most people who have a garden struggle, at one time or another with unwanted insects. Take example from Mother Nature, use checks and balances! Instead of jumping to the easiest thing, sythentic pesticides, research the pest, and try to find it's natural enemy (a beneficial insects) to introduce into your garden instead. This is the most effective, and natural way to remove unwanted insects from your yard. In nature’s cycle we have predators and prey. Those nasty bugs that are making prey out of your prize roses are also a tasty snack to other insects. Introducing these beneficial insects into your garden can help control unwanted pests.
One very beneficial insect to introduce into your garden is the light green lacewing fly. Lacewings should be purchased as eggs which you spread around your garden plants. As soon as the eggs hatch the hungry larvae will eat caterpillars, moth eggs, aphids, mealy bugs and almost anything else that gets in its way.
Another beneficial insect is the praying mantis. Purchase praying mantis’s as eggs and place in your garden. When the praying mantis hatches he will eat beetles, flies, aphids, and many other insects. Your kids will love this one too, they are fun to have around, not to mention beautiful!
What you can do - 6 steps to a more natural lawn:
1) Switch to natural lawn care
2) Compost!
3) Use natural pesticides, like bugs!
4) Water less frequently and deeper
5) Mow higher
6) Choose the right grass for your region
1) Switch to natural lawn care
2) Compost!
3) Use natural pesticides, like bugs!
4) Water less frequently and deeper
5) Mow higher
6) Choose the right grass for your region
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