Avoiding the Use of Chemicals in Your Yard and Garden
by John Yazo
Going Green in your yard and garden isn't that hard to do. A healthy home is one that avoids the use of chemicals that are dangerous to you and the environment. These hazards can be found in the soil around your home and you wouldn't even know about them.
All the greenery on our planet helps to clean the air and contributes to our oxygen supply, along with helping in the prevention of soil erosion. Whether you have just a few square feet, a field or a forest behind your home, preserving and promoting diversity of that area, while maintaining it toxic-free will enhance your life and keep you, your family, and the wildlife in the area safe from harmful toxins.
Lawns are an ecosystem that is created by humans, not naturally by nature. They also tend to use more water than a landscape garden, but this can be changed by increasing the biological diversity in your yards soil. The soil that your lawn grows on can be amended just as an organic garden can and by doing this you can eliminate the use of toxic chemical fertilizers that can end up in the air we breath and the water we drink, along with impacting the wildlife in your area. Simply by the use of compost, mulching your grass clippings instead of bagging them and if needed the addition of a natural soil conditioner to enhance the biology in your yards soil will create a natural environment for your lawn to thrive.
Organic gardening starts with a healthy organic soil, and is what breeds healthy plants that can defend themselves from disease problems, pests and even weeds naturally. Organic matter is the key ingredient in having a healthy organic soil structure. It is what fuels the biology in the soil, that works hard in improving the soils structure to retain the moisture and nutrients that plant life needs to thrive. Compost is the best soil conditioner of all, it improves the physical and the biological condition of the soils structure by providing the beneficial microorganisms needed to work the soil naturally, improving the permeability and the porosity while storing the moisture and nutrients that plants need.
With a little care and planning, you can turn your yard into a natural ecosystem that is free of toxins. It is not only healthier, it is cheaper to use the organic waste that gets accumulated in the everyday household, yard and gardens and turning it into a nutrient rich humus for plant life to benefit from.
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