1: Swap old-fashioned electric garden lights for solar lighting
New-generation solar lighting has come on leaps and bounds, and you'll find everything from lanterns and fairy lights to path and wall lamps. Place them in direct sun to charge them up during the day.
2: Let wildlife give you a helping hand and eliminate the need for synthetic insecticides
Invite in garden friends by leaving piles of leaves and logs, or birds that are partial to a caterpillar or two with food and nesting boxes. Ladybirds eat aphids, so plant sunflowers or marigolds to attract them and don't forget those crucial pollinators, the bees. Numbers have declined worldwide, mainly due to the loss of wildflowers.
3: Go old school
One petrol lawnmower emits as much pollution in an hour as driving a car for 160 km.
4: Plants Don't Mind a SecondHand Drink
This story is from the Garden&Home; November2022 edition of South African Garden and Home.
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