Naturescape - A Way To Improve Water Quality
Native plants are a natural beauty and all have their own unique characteristics.
Beautiful, interesting and low maintenance are what makes them an ideal choice for landscape projects.
This method of landscaping is called "naturescape", designing the landscape as it would naturally grow in the wild to benefit nature and the wildlife that call it home.
How we choose to plant and maintain our landscapes can have an affect on the water quality and habitat in our natural water supplies, lakes, rivers and streams.
Making an effort to improve the quality of these natural resources can be done by creating naturescapes as apart of your landscape practices.
The following are a few basic tips that can help reduce the pollution of our environment: Chemical fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides are a common know pollutant of our water supplies.
Eliminating them and create natural environments with native plants that thrive without there need.
Grass lawn areas waste both water and energy, along with having very little value for wildlife needs.
Planting an eco-friendly lawn, one that has beauty, easy to care for and attracts wildlife.
The areas that do have turf, maintain it at a higher level to create shade to retain moisture in the soil, reduce the frequency of mowing, and watering.
Other eco-friendly alternative are mowing with electric or manual mower to reduce air pollution.
Drought resistant native plants require less water, once established, due to being adapted to the soil and climate conditions of that particular area.
When watering a garden, it is best to use a soaker hose or a drip irrigation system to allow for slow infiltration of the water and to prevent excess runoff from occurring.
A hard soaking of soil by rain or a garden hose can cause damage to the soils structure and do more harm than good.
Stormwater runoff is an area that most don't give much thought.
The fact is that excessive rain water runoff collects sediment, along with pollutants and deposit them in natural water sources.
Planting trees along with other native vegetation near rivers, streams, lakes and ponds will provide, shade to the water for fish, create a habitat of food and shelter for wildlife, and provide a ground cover to help keep these natural water resources clean and healthy.
Mulching with organic material is a great way to conserve water, and to add a food source to the existing biology of the soil, keeping everything in balance.
A naturescape is a way of planting the same way that nature does, and includes the same organic methods that nature provides to keep plant life healthy, along with thriving with beauty in the wild.
Beautiful, interesting and low maintenance are what makes them an ideal choice for landscape projects.
This method of landscaping is called "naturescape", designing the landscape as it would naturally grow in the wild to benefit nature and the wildlife that call it home.
How we choose to plant and maintain our landscapes can have an affect on the water quality and habitat in our natural water supplies, lakes, rivers and streams.
Making an effort to improve the quality of these natural resources can be done by creating naturescapes as apart of your landscape practices.
The following are a few basic tips that can help reduce the pollution of our environment: Chemical fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides are a common know pollutant of our water supplies.
Eliminating them and create natural environments with native plants that thrive without there need.
Grass lawn areas waste both water and energy, along with having very little value for wildlife needs.
Planting an eco-friendly lawn, one that has beauty, easy to care for and attracts wildlife.
The areas that do have turf, maintain it at a higher level to create shade to retain moisture in the soil, reduce the frequency of mowing, and watering.
Other eco-friendly alternative are mowing with electric or manual mower to reduce air pollution.
Drought resistant native plants require less water, once established, due to being adapted to the soil and climate conditions of that particular area.
When watering a garden, it is best to use a soaker hose or a drip irrigation system to allow for slow infiltration of the water and to prevent excess runoff from occurring.
A hard soaking of soil by rain or a garden hose can cause damage to the soils structure and do more harm than good.
Stormwater runoff is an area that most don't give much thought.
The fact is that excessive rain water runoff collects sediment, along with pollutants and deposit them in natural water sources.
Planting trees along with other native vegetation near rivers, streams, lakes and ponds will provide, shade to the water for fish, create a habitat of food and shelter for wildlife, and provide a ground cover to help keep these natural water resources clean and healthy.
Mulching with organic material is a great way to conserve water, and to add a food source to the existing biology of the soil, keeping everything in balance.
A naturescape is a way of planting the same way that nature does, and includes the same organic methods that nature provides to keep plant life healthy, along with thriving with beauty in the wild.
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