A Guide to Natural Lawn and Garden Care
What you will find in this guide:
Chapters 1- 4: The “how to” part
These sections introduce the basics of pesticide-free lawn and garden care and ideas for how to plan and care for a natural lawn and garden. Each section concludes with a summary of key points.
Chapter 5: Pest Management
This section describes the typical urban lawn and garden and how to manage common (and some not-so-common) pests, weeds and diseases.
Chapter 6: Troubleshooting
This chapter highlights some of the challenges that may arise when you start a natural lawn and garden program and suggests solutions and tips.
Chapter 7: Your Natural “Toolbox”
This chapter describes the tools and products that can be used as part of a natural lawn and garden program. It describes lower risk pest control products permitted for use under Toronto’s Pesticide By-law.
Chapter 8: Let’s begin!
Now that you’ve read about it, here’s how to get started. We’ll help you with :
- some Frequently Asked Questions;
- questions to ask a lawn and garden care service provider; and
- a checklist for natural lawn and garden care techniques.
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