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Water and Mow Less with Eco-Friendly Lawn Grass

By on July 12, 2011 in eco friendly landscaping, GREY WATER, GREYWATER, irrigation, JOJO, JOJO WATER TANKS, RAINWATER, RAINWATER HARVESTING, RAINWATER SYSTEMS, RECYCLING, SOLAR ENERGY, SOLAR GEYSERS, SUSTAINABLE, TANK STANDS, WATER, WATER CONSERVATION, WATER SAVING, water saving tips, WATER SYSTEMS, WATER TANK, WATER TANK PRICES, water tanks, YES SOLAR

Keeping a lawn lush and green requires a lot of “anti-green” practices. Spreading fertilizer and pesticides filled with chemicals, running sprinklers that waste water and cutting grass with a mower that pollutes the air are routine for most homeowners. It’s estimated every weekend, 54 million Americans mow their lawns, using 800 million gallons of fuel […]

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5 Ways to ‘Green’ Your Lawn and Garden Care

By on May 15, 2011 in eco friendly landscaping, GRAY WATER, green insurance, green living, GREY WATER, GREYWATER, irrigation, JOJO, JOJO WATER TANKS, RAINWATER, RAINWATER HARVESTING, RAINWATER SYSTEMS, RAINWATER TANKS, RECYCLING, SOLAR ENERGY, SOLAR GEYSERS, SUSTAINABLE, sustainable living, TANK STANDS, WATER, WATER CONSERVATION, WATER SAVING, water saving devices, water saving tips, WATER SYSTEMS, WATER TANK, WATER TANK PRICES, water tanks, YES SOLAR

Where Does Your Water Come From? An important question that few people in the U.S. can answer. For most people, their city or town collects water from a lake or river. Of course, before reaching a specific water body, water first falls as rain or snow and then flows across land and through soil. Water’s […]

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Green Choices for Lawn and Garden (Video)

By on May 15, 2011 in eco friendly landscaping, environmental issues, GRAY WATER, green insurance, green living, GREY WATER, GREYWATER, irrigation, JOJO WATER TANKS, RAINWATER, RAINWATER HARVESTING, RAINWATER SYSTEMS, RECYCLING, SOLAR ENERGY, SOLAR GEYSERS, stormwater pollution, stormwater runoff, TANK STANDS, WATER, WATER CONSERVATION, water pollution, WATER SYSTEMS, WATER TANK, WATER TANK PRICES, water tanks, YES SOLAR

Fresh water is important to everyone. But sometimes, our water is polluted through excess nutrients — nitrogen and phosphorus from fertilizers running off farm fields and suburban lawns. There are plenty of things that the average person can do to help keep our freshwater clean. Jeff Opperman, a senior freshwater scientist for The Nature Conservancy, […]

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Eco-friendly Landscaping

By on May 7, 2010 in eco friendly landscaping, grey water recycling

Ways to ‘green’ your lawn and reduce its consumption of fresh water The above video is sure to make you re-think your ideas about lawn. The dependence and amount of water that domestic grass lawns use is usually only noticed when there are droughts and/or water restrictions in place.  There are certain grass species and […]

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