- Fertilizer - do you really have to? That's the question i am asking my husband - and the answer is no - you don't. Just the thought that my kids are running right after fertilizing barefoot in the grass and rolling in it makes me sick. You also bring it in the house and lets face it - its poison for you, your kids, for your allergic nose.
- Sprinkler - most of the time it is not necessary to sprinkle the lawn. most of them are over watered anyway. Safe some money and water!
- Plant some shady trees and shrubs around the house - safes big on A/C.
- Use the cut from the lawn (but only if you didn't fertilize ;o) )under mulch or in your vegetable garden. I did this last year in my vegetable bed and the weeds are so much more under control. And it brings in some very good worms, which are so important for healthy soil.
- Plant bee friendly flowers: With the bees dying mysteriously we want to make there life easy and keep that honey coming, here are some flowers, that are easy to take care of: Alyssum, Ornamental Strawberry, Marigold, Zinnia, Bottlebrush, Eucalyptus Ficifolia "Red Flowering Eucalyptus", Native Eucalyptus, Wild Mustard, Flowering Plum, Flowering Pear, Sage Brush, Toyon, Escallonia, Mexican Sage or Salvia leucantha, Cotoneaster, Orange tree, Lime Tree, Lantana, Ceanothus, Hibiscus, Albizia Julibrissin "Silk Tree", to name just a few.
- Start a compost and you will have you "homemade" food for flowers and vegetables.
- Use cows or horse manure. Roses grow crazy with horse manure. Also crumbled eggshells and coffee grind mixed in Roses soil are a great fertilizer.
Happy spring to all!
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