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Last updated : January 10, 2002
 
The Green Solutions 
Lawn Care
Roses and Other Flowers
Healthy Trees and Shrubs

Insect and Animal Pests

The Green Solutions

The Green Solutions series contains 5 fact sheets that present lots of ecological advices for the care of your lawn, flowers, shrubs and trees. You will find interesting information on alternatives to chemical pesticides.

You can refer to these fact sheets during spring, and all summer long until the end of  the fall!

Add this page to your list of favorite sites to keep your lawn or even your small flower box healthy!

Take care of nature... naturally!

Lawn Care
Who doesn’t wish for a healthy green lawn without any problems? To obtain the best possible results, we usually think of pesticides as the first solution. But the lawn care is easily done without using chemical products. This fact sheet will show you how to keep your lawn as healthy as possible depending on the season.

Lawn Disorders
The appearance of yellow patches on the lawn often leads the owner to use pesticides to get rid of a problem that was wrongly diagnosed. You have to learn to first identify the cause and then to apply the right treatment... efficiently !

Roses and Other Flowers
The rose, fragile and delicate, seems vulnerable to us, as seem many other flowers. But sometimes, their resistance can surprise us. Not all small insects are harmful to flowers. Know how to recognize the good ones from the bad ones. Prevent infestations with the best methods and stop infestations that are already under way in the most natural manner.

Healthy Trees and Shrubs
Some shrubs need more care than others, it’s well known fact! In the same way, some soils are better suited for certain types of tree. By knowing these simple factors, you can avoid using non-natural products, dangerous for health and the environment. See also how to take care of older trees and to heal sickness or injuries with the most healthiest methods possible.

Insect and Animal Pests
Lots of people already know that some insects adapt to chemical products with time. To avoid using these now useless products that affect the environment, look for healthy actions, used in an alternated or combined way, that can be effective to get rid of or to drive away intruders.

 

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