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3 Ways to Reduce Chemicals in Your Sustainable Garden

Sustainable gardening is nothing but an extension of organic gardening. Actually, it’s better, sustainable gardening focuses on using natural resources to nourish the garden rather than filling it with chemicals and pesticides. Sustainable gardening also takes advantage of natural vegetation and planting methods in order to maintain the local ecosystem and create a more resilient garden.


Choosing to practice sustainable gardening not only helps the environment but also protects your family from the harmful effects of chemicals and preservatives.


Gardening with sustainability in mind is like going back to your roots. Our ancestors didn’t use any pesticides or herbicides, nor did they fill their plants and soil with chemical fertilizers. They worked with their local ecosystem and took advantage of what was already there, and you can too. The goal of sustainable gardening is to create a balanced ecosystem in a controlled environment. All you have to do is keep it simple and keep it natural.


Here are 3 ways to reduce the number of unhealthy chemicals used in your sustainable garden and some products to help you achieve your goals and Go Green…

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  • Eliminate Herbicides From Your Garden - Using pesticides is not only harmful to the ecosystem but also to human beings and pets. We treat our lawn with weed killers and our plants with pesticides because it’s easy. But when you look at the big picture, it’s definitely doing harm to the ecosystem. Our children and pets play in our yards. Why would we fill their haven with harmful chemicals?

    •  If weeds are the biggest problem you are facing when trying to maintain a lush green lawn, instead of using pesticides, you can manually pull the weeds out. You will be saving a trip to your gym by burning calories. And now you have a chemical-free haven for your children and pets. If you are not into pulling weeds, you can ask your local lawn care company for organic lawn care options, most lawn care companies have organic options.


    You can also use beneficial insects to get rid of pests. This is Nature’s way of balancing and maintaining the ecosystem. If you have aphids, mealybugs, and mites in your garden, try using neem oil instead of pesticides.


    Inorganic fertilizers actually do more harm than good. They can contaminate our groundwater and other water sources, give us cancer, and kill off species beneficially to our ecosystem. If you have livestock, use manure as a fertilizer. If you don’t have livestock, check with local farms for deals.


  • Start Composting - Nothing is better than feeding your garden with nutrient-filled, chemical-free, natural fertilizer. Composting can be done by using things from your garden like your grass clippings, leaves from your yard, flowers that lost their glory, etc. You can also use all the food waste and scraps from your kitchen, preventing unnecessary wastage of resources. Composting is good for keeping your soil rich in nutrients so your “fruits” of labor tastes better than the store-bought ones.  You can add more value to your composting bin by using worms to make the pile even more fertile. Most nursery stores sell wiggler worms, their castings are very rich in nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium

    • Composting may seem like a lot of work. Many believe composting is a tedious and smelly task but eventually, with continued practice and the right tools, it will become second nature to you. Create high-quality compost with the Compostology 24-10 Electric Indoor Composter…


  • Use Mulch - Mulching is a very important part of a sustainable garden. When you use natural mulching materials, it adds nutrients to the soil as they decay. Mulching helps to prevent soil erosion,  slows down evaporation, helps prevent weeds, and increases the water-holding capacity of the soil.

    • If you see earthworms in your garden that’s a good sign, they thrive in organic soil. Mulching invites earthworms to your garden, they build tunnels that help water and air to reach the soil. 


    Always use biodegradable material for mulching. There are so many organic mulch options you can consider for your yard. For example, you can use lawn clippings, dry leaves from trees, wood chips, pine straw, pine cones, hay, and even compost.


    When you put mulch around your plants and trees, keep it at least a couple of inches away from stems and trunks. This will prevent pest infestations and allow water and airflow to continue to reach your plants and trees.


    Creating a sustainable garden is a great way to control what you eat, reduce your carbon footprint, and get closer to nature. But it is a commitment, sustainability is a lifestyle that needs persistence, practice, and patience. But all of your efforts will not go unnoticed, Mother Nature will reward you with both short term and long term rewards, Go Green…


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