Improve your indoor air quality by adding a few houseplants to your interior decor.

When replacing power equipment, consider going electric or manual.

And the dish ran away with the spoon.  Create a nursery rhyme garden for the kids and recycle old dishes in your landscape.

Replace water loving lawn grasses with more drought tolerant grasses and groundcovers.

Recycle and fashion a couple of common kitchen items into an eco-friendly earwig trap.

A healthy lawn is your best defense against weeds. 

Get fresh from the garden flavor without planting a seed.

Get fresh from the garden flavor without planting a seed.  Purchase fresh fruit and vegetables at your local farmer's market.

Use the right type and amount of fertilizer at the right time.

Start a garden journal. It can be as simple notes on a calendar, plant tags and entries in a three ring binder or photos and a spread sheet on your computer.

Take advantage of gravity when gardening on a slope.

Save yourself some time and energy and be good to your grass by leaving grass clippings on the lawn.

Save yourself some time and energy and be good to your grass by leaving grass clippings on the lawn.

Give the gift of your time and energy while being kind to the environment.

Grow your own windowsill garden.  Fill a clean container with well-drained potting mix.

Recycle your kitchen scraps right in the garden.

Mow your way to a fit body and healthy environment. Using a push mower instead of a power mower

Put fall leaves to work in your garden.  I attach the bagger to my electric mower to collect and shred leaves.

Keep your tools and gloves handy whenever gardening.  Convert old newspaper or mail boxes into garden and glove storage.

Mow your way to a healthier and more pest resistant lawn.

Put old garden catalogues and magazines to work in this year's garden plan.

Replace your traditional lawn with no mow grass or groundcover.

Put chipped china and discarded silver serving dishes to work in the garden.

Break out the baking soda and spray away your powdery mildew woes.

Replace your downspouts with rain chains. Simple or fancy, homemade or purchased your imagination and budget are your only limit.

Help reduce area flooding and save money on your water bill.

Reduce corn maggot damage to beans and corn without the use of pesticides.

Grab that funnel and save money and the environment.

Don't throw away that leaky garden hose.  Leaks or cracks can be fixed by wrapping vinyl tape around the clean dry outside surface.

Reduce disease problems in the vegetable garden without the aid of chemicals.

Don't throw away worn or broken garden furniture.

Save money and the environment by using recycled items for starting seeds indoors. 

Revive tired houseplants and grow a gift to share from your indoor garden.

Recycle, don't discard your old garden hose.

Give the whole family a breath of fresh air with a visit to a nearby public garden or nature center.

Each year we add new plants to the landscape and that means the plastic pots are piling up.