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While achieving a lush green lawn, beautiful flowers, and
hearty summer vegetables are understandable gardening goals, some gardening and lawn care practices can have detrimental
effects on our local water resources. We offer a few tips below that will minimize the impact of lawn care
on our local waters:
- Fertilize sparingly. If you must fertilizer, September is the best month. And be sure to use slow-release fertilizer.
- If you must fertilize more than once, don’t fertilize in the spring until you have mowed the lawn three times.
- Check the weather forecast before fertilizer or pesticide applications, and don’t apply lawn chemicals when there is rain predicted. It increases the chances of those chemicals washing right into local waters.
- If any lawn chemicals or yard debris get on the sidewalk or driveway, sweep them back onto the lawn to prevent them from washing into storm drains. Even grass clippings and excess leaves don’t belong in our streams and rivers.
And you can use our coupon for screened compost, a great alternative to using fertilizers on new plantings! The coupon is valid at a Earth Care Farm.
You can use our coupon for doggy bags to help with the simple step of always picking up after your dog and throwing it in the trash, never down a storm drain!
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