How to Become a Green Gardener
July 8th, 2008Going green in the garden can be done in a number of ways. You can consider using rubber mulch, not putting any chemicals down, but using natural means of looking after your garden and getting rid of pests.
When you think about it, any little contribution that you can do that helps the environment is great, as if everyone did their little bit for the environment, the world would be a better place, not just for us, but our children and our children’s children.
Firstly using rubber mulch in your garden, with around your plants, on the paths, or under the kid’s play area is a green thing to do. Rubber mulch is made out of recycled rubber tires, and helps the environment by reducing the number of tires left and burnt on scrap yards and reusing as a helpful product that can be used for playground surfaces, landscaping purposes and even equine footing.
Another easy step to make your garden more green is to make the choice not to use man-made chemicals fertilizers on your garden plants, as there are so many natural alternatives on the market these days like Fulvic acids and amino acids, which provide a whole lot of good nutrition to your plants.
The best organic way of getting rid of weeds used to be by getting out the hoe and physically pulling the weeds out, but now it is possible to find organic weed killers that will do the job well. Also if you have chosen to lay rubber mulch around your plants, this will prevent a lot of weeds appearing anyway.
Lastly a great way to get rid of pests naturally is to make your garden a haven for birds. Put a bird table in, perhaps a bird bath – make your garden as bird friendly as possible because these birds will get rid of any pesky unwanted insects.
