Earth Day is April 22. How earth-friendly are your landscape maintenance practices? You can make your landscape a friendlier place through a few small changes.
All of the plants in your landscape would benefit from better soil. Except for desert regions, adding compost to planting beds will make our plants healthier. A thin coat of compost on a lawn will fertilize and help hold in water. Microorganisms will break down the compost as part of a healthy soil ecosystem.
Ecosystems are built on diversity. Add more kinds of plants to your landscape to get more kinds of insects, birds and mammals. Plants native to your region will support local insects, which will support local birds. The bigger variety of insects will mean there are more beneficial insects that are predators of any pest insects….