Things you can do in your Yard to Help the Environment

In Your Yard

• Avoid using leaf blowers and other dust-producing equipment.
• Use an electric lawn-mower instead of a gas-powered one, or better yet one that neither uses electricity or gasoline.
• Leave grass clippings on the yard-they decompose and return nutrients to the soil.
• Use recycled wood chips as mulch to keep weeds down, retain moisture and prevent erosion.
• Use only the required amount of fertilizer.
• Minimize pesticide use.
• Create a wildlife habitat in your yard.
• Water grass early in the morning.
• Rent or borrow items like ladders, chain saws, party decorations and others that are seldom used.
• Take actions that use non hazardous components (e.g., to ward off pests, plant marigolds in a garden instead of using pesticide).
• Put leaves in a compost heap instead of burning them or throwing them away. Yard debris too large for your compost bin should be taken to a yard-debris recycler.

[source: (SEQL) Sustainable Environment for Quality of Life - seql.org/100ways.cfm ]

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