Dan Gill: HOW GREEN IS YOUR GARDEN?
[2008-7-28]
Tag : Vegetable Garden Gardening Organic Vegetables
I have always thought of gardening as a "green" activity. Indeed,the business that includes wholesale nursery growers, retailnurseries and landscape installation and maintenance companies haslong been known as the "green industry."
Times are changing, however, and the term "green" today describesbusinesses and activities that focus on sustainability and lessenour effects on the environment. That includes finding alternativeenergy sources, conserving energy and using recycled or sustainablebuilding materials and techniques.
Some of the things we do in gardening -- using gas-poweredequipment, over-applying fertilizers and the too-frequent use ofpesticides -- are not green at all. There are ways, however, forgardeners to make their efforts more sustainable and have lessenvironmental impact.
The first thing we can do is to increase our tolerance for damagefrom insects and diseases. If a pest is not life threatening orliable to cause serious damage, then the use of pesticides is notcritical.
We can also choose plants that are not prone to major insect ordisease problems. Native plants are well adapted to the conditionshere and can recover from pests on their own. Using natives in thelandscape also provides food for native animals and helps replacenative vegetation that is lost through building and development.
When pest control is needed, seek methods that do not require theuse of pesticides -- chemical or organic. This includes biologicalcontrols (beneficial insects, Bacillus thuringiensis), hand pickinginsects, barriers and traps. When pesticides are used, the leasttoxic effective product should be applied carefully only to theaffected plants.
I have always thought of gardening as a "green" activity. Indeed,the business that includes wholesale nursery growers, retailnurseries and landscape installation and maintenance companies haslong been known as the "green industry."
Times are changing, however, and the term "green" today describesbusinesses and activities that focus on sustainability and lessenour effects on the environment. That includes finding alternativeenergy sources, conserving energy and using recycled or sustainablebuilding materials and techniques.
Some of the things we do in gardening -- using gas-poweredequipment, over-applying fertilizers and the too-frequent use ofpesticides -- are not green at all. There are ways, however, forgardeners to make their efforts more sustainable and have lessenvironmental impact.
The first thing we can do is to increase our tolerance for damagefrom insects and diseases. If a pest is not life threatening orliable to cause serious damage, then the use of pesticides is notcritical.
We can also choose plants that are not prone to major insect ordisease problems. Native plants are well adapted to the conditionshere and can recover from pests on their own. Using natives in thelandscape also provides food for native animals and helps replacenative vegetation that is lost through building and development.
When pest control is needed, seek methods that do not require theuse of pesticides -- chemical or organic. This includes biologicalcontrols (beneficial insects, Bacillus thuringiensis), hand pickinginsects, barriers and traps. When pesticides are used, the leasttoxic effective product should be applied carefully only to theaffected plants.
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