6 Eco-Friendly Landscaping Tips for 2017

If you intend to start your own landscape project on your garden or backyard, here are some interesting ways in which you can improve the curb appeal of your house in an eco-friendly and green manner.

Go for manual mowing

Leaf blowers and Gas powered lawn mowers could be harmful for the environment. Other than being very loud, these release harmful gases into the surroundings that contribute to climate pollution. You can eliminate the usage of these devices by using battery operated or hand drawn leaf blowers and lawn mowers that can handle the task without affecting the atmosphere.

Choose plants that need low-maintenance

It is better to go for drought-resistant plants that reduce maintenance with pruning and save water. It is not that you only have yucca and cactus as the sole options. Other low-maintenance plants include:

• Tulips
• Marigolds
• Pansies
• Asters
• Ornamental grasses

You might bring better luck on your landscape by planting clover. It is insect and weed resistant by nature, and it eliminated your needs for weed killers and pesticides. You might also consider xeriscaping in order to segregate plants by their need for water, and ensuring eco-friendly landscaping by reducing the wastage of water.

Place the trees strategically

The placement of trees and plants outside your home can have a major impact on your annual utility bills. With strategic placement, you can enjoy a lot of breeze and shade during peak summer months, and get lots of sunlight during chilly winters as well. This will consequently lower the need to switch the AC on during summers and heaters during the winters. Your energy bills will be reduced significantly.

Reduce wastage of water

Plants need water, but you can use some simple tricks and tips to make sure that you save a lot of water during the process. For instance, you can reduce the space in your lawn. This will help you focus more on the plant beds and use less amount of water for the plants. You can also go for Rainwater harvesting, and collect rainwater that runs off your roofs. The runoff water can be used for watering lawn and plants, and lower the requirement for tap water. Astonishingly, you can automatic irrigation systems to use less amount of water for watering your plants.

Lower the use of chemical herbicides

There is no need to use chemical herbicides, as you can chop weeds before they grow high. When you use chemical herbicides, they speed into the water below the ground surface and end up polluting rivers and lakes. You can avoid this by clipping weeds before they grow to full height.

Chemical based pesticides, just like chemical based herbicides, contain many harmful ingredients that can harm the environment and health around you. It will be better to build barriers and fences that can prevent the entry of pests into your garden or lawn. By preventing pests, you will be able to reduce or even eliminate the needs of pesticides in your lawn.

Choose Composting

Composting happens to be one of the most convenient backyard recycling methods for landscaping. It involves creating nutrient-rich compost from stuffs like:

• Food waste
• Newspapers
• Dried leaves

Rather than tossing out pieces of junk mail, banana peels and eggshells, you can drop them into the compost bin in your backyard and use homemade compost for feeding the vegetable and flower plants in your garden.

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