While we are still in the winter season, spring will be here before you know it! Living in the beautiful Calabasas area provides many sunny days to enjoy your garden. However, lawns cost time, money and have a significant environmental impact. You can fix this by making your garden eco-friendly. Read on for tips on ways you can go green in your yard!
6 Easy Tips for Making Your Garden Eco-Friendly
1. Reduce Your Water Use
With many dry coastal areas being in a state of constant drought, water conservation is essential to life and eco-friendly measures. Installing butts on downpipes can help collect water for your garden. Use an automated watering system to target the roots of plants instead of the leaves, and put plants in pots to help them stay moist. Water at night during the coolest part of the day, and you’ll save water and money!
2. Use a Rain Barrel
Rainwater is a natural and free source of water that can be a smart conservation effort. A rain barrel is an easy DIY project, and the collected water can be useful throughout your yard.
3. Reduce Grass
When you reduce grass, you reduce your garden’s need for water. It also results in less maintenance, like mowing. Use ground cover plants, natural wildflowers, stone or rocks, pavers, or other materials. Even let it turn back into a natural meadow.
4. Lose the Gas Mower
Get rid of the gas mower and switch to a reel mower. It is cheaper, a great workout, and saves toxic gasses from being released. Even if you don’t use it every time, the reel mower will positively impact your neighborhood air quality.
5. Use Natural Chemical Alternatives
Chemicals from gardening products are absorbed into the soil, eventually making their way into the groundwater. There are plenty of natural alternatives to popular chemical gardening products which are far better for the environment. Plus, many natural options are easy to make at home!
6. Make Your Own Compost
Composting takes your everyday natural waste and makes a great addition to the soil in your yard. Homemade composting is free, easy, and you can add most yard snippets, paper waste, kitchen scraps, and more.
Design Scapes
Design Scapes is dedicated to helping homeowners create beautiful, functional, and eco-friendly landscape designs. Please review our website if you want to learn more about what we can offer you for making your garden eco-friendly.
