Your yard can be used as a canvas for ecological learning and experimentation while simultaneously improving our environment.
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Shift from reliance on fossil fuels to reliance on the sun.
Reduce or eliminate chemicals.
Meet your aesthetic, environmental, and economic needs.
Reduce the amount of energy needed to support your yard.
Provide habitat for yourself and other wildlife.
Grow your own food
Collect and use rain water
Use a hand-push reel mower
Interplant low-maintenance turfgrass and other plants in your lawn
Use corn gluten as a preemergent herbicide and fertilizer
Spot-treat weeds
Replace areas of your lawn according to use
Make and use your own compost
Use compost as fertilizer
Provide a water source
Leave grass clippings on your lawn
Reduce chemical fertilizers
Your yard can be used as a canvas for ecological learning and experimentation while simultaneously improving our environment.