Natural Yard Care

How? It's easy...

1. Build healthy soil
   • compost
   • mulch
   • fertilizer
2. Plant right for your site
3. Smart watering
4. Avoid pesticides
   • beneficial insects & biological controls
   • chemical remedies
   • physical remedies
   • problem plants
   • diseases
   • pests
5. Natural lawn care
   • mowing
   • fertilizing
   • watering
   • improve poor soil
   • avoid "weed and feed"
   • grass alternatives

For a copy of the "5 easy steps to natural yardcare" brochure: Natural Yard Care (King County Solid Waste Division)

Click here to watch a video on "Road to Healthy Public Places".

Why go natural?
By making some simple changes in how we care for our yards we can:

• Save money on water, waste disposal, and chemicals
• Save time - working with nature is easier
• Save the environment
  • protect our families' health
  • conserve our precious water supplies and leave more in rivers for salmon too
  • keep our streams and lakes clean by reducing the need for chemicals
  • recycle yard trimmings into free fertilizer
• Make a healthy, beautiful yard (without working too hard!)
  • Want to know more? (King County Solid Waste Division)
  • Yard and Garden Topics (King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks)
  • Stewardship Gardening (WSU Coop Extension)
  • Natural Lawn and Garden Care (Seattle Public Utilities)

Contacts

• Garden hotline help@gardenhotline.org  206-633-0224
• Master gardener clinics (WSU Coop Extension) 206-296-3440