by Landscape For Life | Sep 19, 2017 | Health, Maintenance, Materials
Limit Toxins in Your Landscape Use low- or no-VOC materials. Volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, refer to a large number of mostly petrochemical-derived substances that readily become a gas at room temperature. VOCs can be bad for the environment and have been...
by Landscape For Life | Sep 18, 2017 | Maintenance, Plants
Select the Right Plants When selecting vegetation for a sustainable garden, work with nature and choose plants adapted to the conditions of the site. These plants will minimize the need for fertilizers, pesticides and irrigation and reduce the chance of failure and...
by Landscape For Life | Sep 18, 2017 | Health, Maintenance, Plants
Use Integrated Pest Management Integrated pest management, or IPM, is another commonsense approach to pest control that includes many of the techniques used by organic gardeners but does not rule out the use of synthetic pesticides as a last resort. Although it was...
by Landscape For Life | Sep 18, 2017 | Maintenance, Water
Avoid Polluting Water Resources Create a biofiltration garden. One of the best ways to prevent stormwater runoff in a home landscape is to create biofiltration gardens. Also known as rain gardens or bioswales, these gardens use plants, soils, mulch and microbes to...
