Your Easy Green Home & Garden

There are hundreds of simple choices you can make to achieve a green home and garden. Cutting back on your energy consumption, making your own cleaning products (or purchasing authentic ones) as well as using natural herbicides and pesticides that work with the ecosystem instead of against it, are just a few of the ways that you can easily keep a green home green.

Over consumption of energy has a big impact on our planet. We are always ‘plugged in’ and our homes necessarily run on fuel. The United States alone consumes 40% of the world’s oil. Creating a green home does not mean that you must freeze through winter, boil through sizzling summers or live by candlelight. You will be surprised how just a little thought can make a huge difference in your personal contribution to greenhouse gases that significantly impact global warming. In the United States, the average family of 4 is responsible for releasing 12 tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere from household energy use alone. This number doubles when automobile use is factored in. You can save money on electric and oil bills as well as protecting the planet by following these simple suggestions:

It is amazing how many harmful products we unwittingly bring into our home. Cleaning supplies are one of the most common. When the labels of your disinfectants warn you to wear gloves and avoid skin contact, you should begin to be concerned. After all, what happens to the residue left on your “clean” surfaces when you’re done? You, your kids and pets walk on floors that contain chemicals, which can be absorbed through their skin and cause rashes or worse.

The truth is that the bacteria that you are eliminating are in most cases safer for you and your family than chemical cleaners. Instead create a green home by trying organic, non toxic cleaning products that kill germs but are safe enough for you and your pets to eat. Even better,learn how to make your own green cleaning products.

It is understandably annoying when you find that a slug has eaten your vegetables and flowers or when you fall in a hole in your lawn dug by a woodchuck. The main problem with pesticides is that they seep into the ecosystem and affect not only your targeted prey but many other life forms as well. This will, if not immediately, eventually fall back to you. Try these eco-friendly pestcides and herbicides to beautify and protect your lawn and garden.