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Green Landscape Design |
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The design of your landscape is surprisingly one of the most important parts of green landscaping. Through careful consideration during the design process you can eliminate pests, reuse and conserve water and reduce heating and cooling bills. |
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An Eco-Friendly Alternative to Composting: Wormers |
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Composting with worms isn't so much an alternative to composting, as it is a better way of doing it. When you add worms to your compost, it quickens the process of decomposition. More importantly, it can be done indoors or outdoors and can be done throughout the year. |
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Benefits of a Compost Pile |
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The benefits of a compost pile run far and wide. Whether you are using compost for a small garden, or a farm, compost can be extremely helpful with agriculture, horticulture, and erosion problems. Compost can be made industrially, commercially, or domestically. It is broken down naturally through the process of biodegradation. It is inexpensive, works as a slow-release fertilizer, and feeds soil. |
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Bio-Degradable Waste Management |
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Why is it still necessary to recycle bio-degradable waste? In fact, what is bio-degradable waste? And should you use bio-degradable goods? Below are facts that will make you want to manage your bio-degradable waste in a very habitual way. |
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Book Review: Your Eco-friendly Yard |
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Making your yard eco-friendly can seem like a daunting task. If you're feeling a bit discouraged or if you don't know where to start, pick up Tom Girolamo's book, Your Eco-friendly Yard: Sustainable Ideas to Save You Time, Money and the Earth. |
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Carbon Free Mowers |
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Carbon free mowers have become an interesting option for the eco-friendly consumer. If you’re interested in lowering your impact on the environment, and are willing to take the time and effort to choose the right mower for you, then you’re on the right track!
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Caring for an Organic, Eco-Friendly Lawn |
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Caring for an Organic, Eco-Friendly LawnThough most of us would think any form of gardening or landscaping is an eco-friendly activity, which is not always the case. Gardens and landscapes require a lot of maintenance-fertilizer, water, pruning, etc. Grass requires a substantial amount of water. |
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CFL Light Bulbs |
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Compact Fluorescent Light bulbs (CFLs), are energy saving light bulbs. They are a type of fluorescent lamp. They differ from the traditional incandescent lamps and come in a swirled bulb form instead of the traditional bulb. |
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Charting Your Water Saving |
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The best way to chart water saving is to either invest in a water chart or to create one yourself for your specific family or personal needs. |
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Cheap safe, pest control |
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In the past when individuals considered pest control, the easiest, fastest solution was the only one to consider. Over the past few years we’ve seen widespread education encouraging our movement to a more eco-friendly lifestyle. We’ve learned that toxic pest control is not only toxic for the pests but can be for us and the environment as well. Toxic pest control kills not only the pests, but also the good bugs that keep your lawn or garden healthy. The chemicals involved in the pest control ca |
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Chemical Vs Natural Fertilizers |
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With our movement toward an eco-friendly environment, the use of chemical fertilizers is being questioned. Chemical fertilizers can not only be hard on your garden, your animals, and the environment in general, but they can also be hard on you. Chemical fertilizers can leave residues on the foods you eat, the lawn you play on, and can leak into the water you drink. Among many other reasons, these few are enough to realize that natural fertilizers are a better and safer choice. |
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Consumer Solar Products |
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Solar powered goods have now extended past using solar power for electricity or solar radiance. Solar power can now be found in every day goods, reaching as far as what you wear, the bags you carry, and even being found during cozy nights out in your garden. |
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Consumers continue to choose organic products as they become more available and visible |
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Mambo Sprouts Marketing released survey results in November showing that consumers are going back to basics to bolster their health. Findings showed 84 percent take vitamins, 73 percent eat the recommended amount of fruits and vegetables, and 68 percent choose organic foods. In addition, 59 percent of consumers polled said they expect to increase the amount of organic products purchased during 2010. |
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Do You Water Your Lawn Too Much? |
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Most of us water their lawns too much without even realizing it. EnviroCitizen.org has found that many of us also water our lawns at the wrong time of day, causing up to 30% of the water to evaporate. |
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Earths investment in water recapture |
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Earth has a strong investment in water recapture. Water conservation refers to the capturing of water as well as reducing the use of water. There are multiple ways to inexpensively conserve water. Most irrigation systems use waste water. Only 35 to 40 percent of recaptured water directed towards crop irrigation ever actually meets the crops. Most of the water escapes into canals, leaks from pipes, or evaporates due to warm weather. Swales and cisterns can be used to catch excess water and then b |
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Eco- Friendly Compost |
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Eco-Friendly composting is considered to be organic. Composting is the purposeful biodegradation of organic matter. This includes yard and food waste. The decomposition is completed by micro-organisms, mostly bacteria, but also yeast and fungi. In low temperatures, macro-organisms like, ants, nematodes, isopods, and earthworms enhance decomposition. The solider fly, fruit flies, and fungus gnats also take part in the wide range of organisms in the decomposer community. |
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Eco- Friendly Gardening |
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Eco-Friendly Gardens, also referred to as Eco-friendly gardens or Eco-friendly horticulture, is the science of growing produce such as fruits and vegetables, as well as flowers and ornamental plants. Eco-Friendly Gardens follows the essential principals of Eco-friendly agriculture, which includes soil building, conservation, pest management, and heirloom variety preservation. |
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Eco- Friendly Gardens |
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Eco-Friendly Gardening, also referred to as organic gardening or organic horticulture, is the science of growing produce such as fruits and vegetables, as well as flowers and ornamental plants. Eco-Friendly Gardening follows the essential principals of organic agriculture, which includes soil building, conservation, pest management, and heirloom variety preservation.
Eco-Friendly Gardening relies on crop rotation, green manure, compost, biological pest control, and mechanic cultivation. This |
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Eco- Friendly Mowers |
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There is a wide variety of eco-friendly mowers, ranging from push reel to electric cordless. All have a positive impact on the environment, all while beautifying your lawn. |
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Eco- Friendly pest control |
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Steps are being taken to eliminate the toxic use of chemicals to garden. Organic fertilizers are now available and there are many other ways to offer sustainable lawn choices. Eco-friendly pest control choices are now also coming into the garden for a great way to get rid of the bad pests and keep the good insects. |
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