8 Tips for a 'Green' Garden | Midwest Living

8 Tips for a 'Green' Garden

Adopting earth-friendly gardening habits is easier than you may think. And--bonus!--the ideas on these slides save you time and money, too.

#8: Let grass go dormant

If you can ignore the peer pressure on your block, let cool-season lawns like bluegrass (left) and fescue go dormant in summer; they'll green up again in September.

(A version of this story appeared in Midwest Living® March/April 2009.)

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