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Here are just a few…
- Direct downspouts and gutters to drain onto the lawn, planted beds or rain gardens where rain will soak into the soil rather than run off.
- Recycle yard waste for mulching and fertilizing – Use fallen leaves, dried grass clippings and pine needles found in your yard as mulch under trees, shrubs, and in flower beds. They’re free!
- Leave grass clippings on your lawn. In the fall, mow when lawn is lightly covered with leaves – allow the grass clippings and shredded leaves on the lawn to decompose and fertilize the soil.
- Test your soil every 3-5 years and only add fertilizers as needed.
- Avoid synthetic fertilizers when possible. Instead, use compost, slow release or natural organic fertilizers. Excess fertilizer pollutes groundwater as well as streams and rivers.
- Design and maintain a landscape that will survive on natural rainfall amounts by planting trees, shrubs, and perennials that are native to our area.
- Replace unneeded lawn areas with beds of native groundcovers, grasses, perennials, shrubs, and trees.
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Martin Nibali
President / Newsletter Chair