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Your Garden Got Weeds?
If you’ve spent time making your garden look great this spring, you’ll want to spend time helping it stay that way through the summer. This brief video will teach you how to keep your yard pest- and weed-free using eco-friendly products and nature, itself — all without the use of dangerous chemicals.
Some of the tips in the video include:
- Planting flowering nectar-bearing plants to attract “beneficial” insects
- Using electronic repellents and netting to keep pests away
- Adding a bird feeder to your yard
And, of course, you’ll want to use all-natural pesticides made from the extracted oils and fruits and spices which, when combined, keep weeds and bugs under control.
One thing to remember with respect to lawn care, though, is that ”organic” doesn’t always mean “greener”. Spot-application of a chemical-based product may best for your lawn’s particular needs, and you should consider using harsher, traditional pesticides when needed.
When in doubt, talk to a lawn care specialist.
Use Rain Monitors To Prevent Waste And Save Money!
There are 32 million acres of “lawn” nationwide — enough to blanket New York in its entirety. It’s no wonder that lawns have become the most irrigated crop in the country.
It’s estimated that one-third of residential water use is directed to front and back yards, illustrating how watering a lawn can be expensive to both homeowners and to the environment.
Reducing these costs can be simple, however. All it takes is a working a rain-monitoring device. Rain monitors are basic hardware that typically install between a lawn’s sprinkler heads and its water source.
Using a built-in reservoir, the devices collect and measure natural rainfall, using the levels to determine whether the sprinkler system should be engaged on a given day. With one particular, low-tech model, if the reservoir is holding a half-inch of water or more, the monitor “locks” the sprinkler heads from firing.
If you’ve ever watched your lawn get watered through a rainstorm, you can understand the value of a device like this.
Rain-monitoring devices range in cost from $12 to several hundred dollars with the low-tech model referenced above closer to $12. Wireless transmitting devices are at the upper-end of the range.
Many lawn care experts recommend 1 inch of water per week.
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