Pine needles as organic mulch can be a great low-cost alternative for some plants. If you happen to have a pine tree around, it’s free!
Using mulch helps plants retain water, which helps you conserve water. Plants that do well with pine straw mulch are plants that love acid. These include azaleas, blueberries, rhododendrons and hollies, […]
Gardening is one great way to get your kids outside. However, if you don’t allow them to stay busy, toddlers can create more work for you. Here are some tasks toddlers and young children can help with.
Placing seeds: Put a few seeds at a time in a medicine cup so they don’t go nuts.
Pulling deadheads: […]
Misuse of water isn’t just bad for the environment, it’s also bad news for your wallet. Here’s how to save water and still water efficiently.
Water at night. Or you could water in the early morning, but usually nighttime (devoid of sun) gives you less evaporation time, which means your water goes further.
Lose some grass: Reduce […]
Continuing on with our green school audit this week, we’re going to take a look at the school grounds. We actually just completed our green audit of home yards - so, you can shift much of that audit into a school grounds audit, only on a larger scale.
School grounds are really important, and a tough […]
This week we’re talking green yard renovations. So far we’ve looked at, some basics, Composting for Soil Health, and how to Green Your Lawn.
Part of greening your yard is choosing the correct plants. By choosing varied plants that are well adapted to your specific eco-system for where you live you can accomplish a few things:
You […]
This week, instead of doing a green room audit, we’re looking at green renovations for your yard.
Today let’s look at your actual lawn. Following are some tips I picked up from a local Oregon green resource newsletter and my collection of organic gardening books.
While not all the tips are specific to my region, a good […]
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