Just in time for Spring and Earth Day, Mambo Sprouts shares our favorite green cleaning, natural lawn care and organic garden tips. We can all make choices to improve our health and benefit the planet.
Try these healthy and organic home, lawn and garden tips in celebration of Earth Day. It’s easy to start using more organic, earth-friendly products and services, which are better for your health and the environment.
Home Cleaning:
‘Go Green’ housecleaning tips and new natural, non-toxic cleaning products.
Green, natural and earth-friendly products can make your home sparkling clean without harsh chemicals. Green cleaning products have improved, so if it has been awhile since you tried them, this month as we celebrate Earth Day is a great time to try some new improved natural, green cleaning products. We can all take steps to improve our health and the environment by making green and organic choices.
Buy green and natural cleaning products for health and environmental benefits. There are many options for safe, non-toxic cleaning products from environmentally responsible companies. These natural cleaners are free of chemicals, phosphates, artificial colors, fragrance, harsh fumes, and clean well. Concentrated products save on packaging, are less to recycle and can save you money.
Recycle your empty cleaning product bottles!
Cleaning product recipes made with common household ingredients such as vinegar, baking soda and lemon juice.
Use washable cloths rather than paper towels. If you must use paper towels, than buy recycled fibers paper towels.
Carpet Cleaning: learn more about why all natural carpet care is better for you and the earth. Green carpet care cleans without harsh chemicals, fumes, and dries faster than conventional carpet cleaning chemicals.
There are easy green living tips to have a green lawn and organic garden that is better for you, your family, pets and the Earth.
Go Green with organic and environmentally friendly lawn and garden care! Many of us eat organic foods and lead a healthy, environmentally conscious lifestyle, yet still use chemicals on our lawns and gardens. We can all choose to use organic lawn care techniques and natural garden fertilizers to reduce exposure to lawn and garden chemicals, which have been linked to adverse health and environmental effects.
Try these tips to benefit from growing your own organic vegetables and show your neighbors that your healthy non-toxic lawn care creates a green and beautiful lawn without any pesticides or chemicals. Show your “green” values and your “green” thumb!
Start with organic seeds! Whether you’re an avid flower or vegetable grower, give your garden a healthy start with organic seeds, free from GMO (genetically modified) ingredients.
Use natural, organic and environmentally friendly fertilizers for weed and pest control. You don’t need to use chemical lawn products for a lush green, weed and pest free lawn. You can switch to organic and environmentally friendly lawn and garden care products, which are safe for kids, pets and the environment, while having a healthy green lawn.
Try a product like Gardens Alive ‘WOW Plus’, a natural lawn fertilizer and weed control product made with Corn Gluten Meal (CGM). This nitrogen-rich plant food gives grass nutrients to outgrow your weeds. Known by some garden experts as a “weed and feed” product, ‘WOW Plus’ is completely safe for kids, pets and the environment.
Make your own compost. Get a start on your organic vegetable or flower gardening by making compost to increase nutrients in your garden soil. Much of your kitchen waste can be composted including: vegetable matter, fruit peelings, coffee grounds, tea bags, breads, cereals, grains, pasta and even crushed eggshells. Mini kitchen compost buckets can be helpful (often have activated carbon filters to absorb odors and increase the rate of composting). Large outside composters and tumblers can be placed near the garden for ease of composting.
Learn more about organic gardening with proven techniques and tips by reading Organic Gardening magazine. According to Organic Gardening magazine, some tips for healthy chemical free gardening are: mulching, hoeing, corn gluten meal, hand pulling and persistence!
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