5 Easy Tips for an Eco-Friendly Landscape

With Global Warming, sky-rocketing gas prices, and air pollution going green and being eco-friendly is an easy way to do our part in reducing these concerns. Creating an eco-friendly landscape is an easy way to give back to the environment while adding beauty to your lawn, saving money and enjoying the outcome. Here are 5 easy ways to create an easy eco-friendly landscape.

Eco-friendly Landscaping Tip #1: Be Chemical Free
Using chemical free products is a great way to help the environment with out cutting out anything. Simply switching your fertilizers and pesticides to natural or organics products can go a long way. By doing so you are preventing dangerous chemicals from going into the ground and you are saving your family, neighbors, pets and wildlife from these dangerous pollutants. Sometimes you will find that natural or organic products can be cheaper and some even made at home. For instance, instead of using a pesticide for getting rid of spot diseases on roses, you can use a home made solutions that is made by using 1 cup of dish liquid to 1 gallon of water. Mix and spray. Not only have use just saved money, you have also just prevented chemicals from going into the earth.

Eco-friendly Landscaping Tip #2: Save Energy and Save the Earth
Solar powered energy was a wonderful creation. By using solar powered lights in your landscape you can cut down on power usage saving you money and prevent pollution and other not-so-eco-friendly effects caused by power companies. In addition, think of the money you will be saving. Simply use solar powered lights outside. These days you can find lights to line your drive way, flood lights, and door lights. If you were to convert your landscape lights to solar powered lights you would save on money from street lights, front and back door lights, and any other lights you may have outside. In addition to saving money solar powered lights ad a dramatic effect to any landscape.

Eco-friendly Landscaping Tip #3:Compound Your Own Compost
Each year Americans spend millions of dollars on bagged compost from local nursery companies and department stores. Go green and create your own compost. Not only will you save tons of money over the years you will help to reduce waste, reduce the need for fertilizers that pollute the earth and help plants grow healthier. Creating your own compost isn't hard. Pick a spot in your yard. It only needs to be a few square feet. You may choose to pile it or to dig a small hole to hold the material. Simply add organic materials such as left over fruits, vegetables, coffee grounds, teabags, grass clippings and left over potting soil and mix often. Simply using this compost will save on using chemicals, fertilizer, potting soil and the plastic required to package these items. Not to mention your pocket book will love you for it. You plants will too!

Eco-friendly Landscaping Tip #4: Water with Sense!
Or should with say water with out cents. There are several things you can do to help the earth and save money when it comes to watering your lawn. Watering your lawn after the sun begins to set will help to reduce water evaporation which will insure more water goes to your plants and less is required. Also, leaving buckets, barrels and containers out will catch rain water. This will reduce money spent on water your landscape, reduce water run off and will help to insure healthier plants.

Eco-friendly Landscaping Tip #5: Reap What You Sew
Or eat what you grow! Growing a garden is not only eco-friendly but is a great way to save money. If you love planting flowers in your landscape you will love gardening. Gardening is a great way to save on food bills and be able to prosper from the fruits in which your plants bare. Planting fruits and veggies is a great way to do your part in being eco-friendly. Also, don't forget to use those left over fruits and veggies in your compost pile!