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Pearl Home: Tip of the Month
Are our sunny spring days making you think about your garden again?
As you start to plan for this year's garden, think about removing some of your turf grass and replacing it with a planted bed.
Mulched beds with native shrubs, perennials, and colorful annuals will add beauty to your landscape. At the same time, they allow rainwater to soak into the ground rather than running off into the storm drain and into our rivers and lakes.
In addition, native plants are designed for our climate conditions and once established should not need irrigation or fertilizer. This is an added benefit to our rivers and lakes.
Fertilizer runoff is a major cause of excess algae and dead zones in our waterways.
For more information, visit the Pearl Home section of our website,
www.LRNow.org.
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