Environmental

Creating an eco-friendly yard is not only smart, it’s easy. To get you started, consider the following tips from The Home Depot Canada:

Feed me. Adding compost to the soil adds organic matter, aids in water retention, promotes biological activity and avoids sending waste to landfills. Add compost or composted manure to soil in the Spring and mid-Summer, when planting or transplanting.

Cut it out. Avoid using harmful pesticides, herbicides and synthetic fertilizers. These promote rapid but weak plant growth, destroy soil fertility and are toxic to humans, wildlife and beneficial insects. Instead, treat your plants and lawn to organic plant food and fertilizer from Terracycle. Made from worm poop, Terracycle is packaged in recycled pop bottles and gives plants a powerful punch.

Water wisely. Conserve water this season by adding an all-natural soil conditioner like SoilSponge to garden beds to add up to seven days between watering. Also, use soaker hoses instead of sprinklers and water early in the morning to help cut back on water use.

No bogging down. A peat bog is a natural, highly specialized eco-system that removes carbon dioxide from the air, acts as a cleansing watershed filter and is home to many important plant and animal species. Create a modern-day bog with PeatEliminator – a coconut byproduct that improves drainage, soil aeration and pH balance for nutrient uptake.

Retire the old mower. Small engines found in lawn mowers, leaf blowers and weed trimmers are a significant contributor to harmful air and noise pollution, smog and greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). Retire the old gas guzzling mower to any one of The Home Depot’s 155 stores across Canada during Mow Down Pollution (April 19-29) and receive a gift card. Use this cash to buy an eco-friendly push reel mower or a rechargeable battery powered one, made by top brands like Neuton or Gardena.

More information is available online at http://www.homedepot.ca.

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