Organic and Earth-Friendly Gardening

Everyone loves a lush green garden. But in your quest for greenness in you garden it’s important to be, well, green in your approach.

By limiting the use of chemical fertilizers, growing native plants adapted to your local environment, planting perennials where possible, and using hand tools and push mowers if you can (nobody wants to be that annoying guy with the gas-powered leaf blower), your garden can be both kinds of green.

All this said, I have to admit something: I’m not much of a gardener myself, organic or otherwise. You may remember from my post on how we save water when Jayne waters the garden; it is she that has the green thumb and not I.

So let me defer to the experts in the following links for some great information on organic gardening.

Sources and Further Reading:
* Canadian Botanical Conservation Network: Invasive Plants
OrganicGardening.com
* MSN.com - The 10 Easiest Ways to Green Your Home (all good tips, check out number 10 for gardening info)
* Suite101.com - Organic Lawn Care
* JourneyToForever.org
* iVillage.com - 10 Steps to an Organic Garden
* MyGardenGuide.com - Garden Tutorials
* KeepMeCurrent.com - Earth-friendly Gardening Good for Environment. A story of how one's family's efforts has turned their yard into a National Wildlife Federation certified wildlife habitat. Is your garden next?

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