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Your Yard and Water Quality: Simple Things Gardeners Can Do To Prevent Water Contamination
Your Yard and Water Quality: Simple Things Gardeners Can Do To Prevent Water Contamination EB1744  
Author(s): Van Bobbitt, Robert Fox, Holly Kennell, Curt Moulton, George Pinyuh, and Mary Robson
Several gardeners individually attacking garden pests or fertilizing their lawns can add up to significant pesticide use in a neighborhood, posing a threat to surface and groundwater. To enjoy the benefits of environmentally sound gardening in your yard, follow suggestions in this bulletin for choosing low maintenance plants, conditioning and mulching soil, composting garden wastes, watering more efficiently, planting pest-resistant species, rotating plantings, and choosing least toxic pesticides

Publisher: Washington State University
Published: August 1994.   8 pages.
 
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