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Instant-Off Saves Water, Saves Money

The INSTANT-OFF® replaces the aerator on any faucet and shuts off the water when you don’t need it.  INSTANT-OFF® saves 7,500 – 15.000 gallons of water a year, stops drippy faucets and helps people who struggle to turn faucet handles. A recent scientific study proved the effectiveness of the INSTANT-OFF® to reduce the spread of germs caused by touching faucet handles.

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Eat Your Yard – Alternative to Sod

Consider replacing the typical landscape with decorative borders of herbs, rainbow chard and striking paprika peppers. Instead of the fleeting color of spring azaleas, try the year-round beauty of blueberries—or pear and plum trees, which put on a spring show of flowers, have colorful summer fruits and produce yellow fall foliage. These plants aren’t just pretty—they provide healthy food and save money and resources
 

Edible landscapes offer these incredible benefits:

Energy Savings: Food from your yard requires no shipping and little refrigeration. Plus, conventional farms use a large amount of energy to plow, plant, spray and harvest produce—planting and picking tomatoes in your front yard requires a miniscule amount by comparison.

Food Safety: You know which chemicals (if any) you use.

Water Savings: Tests show that most home gardeners use less than half the water to produce the same crop compared with large-scale agricultural production. Drip irrigation saves even more.

Money Savings: You can grow an unbelievable amount of food in a small, beautiful space. When I meticulously calculated the value of a 100-square-foot edible landscape I grew a couple of summers ago, I was amazed to find it had saved me more than $700! (Visit rosalindcreasy.com for exact figures for some popular crops.)

Better Nutrition: Fully ripe, just-picked, homegrown fruits and vegetables provide more vitamins and nutrients than supermarket produce, which is usually picked under-ripe and is days or weeks old when you eat it.

Read more: http://www.naturalhomeandgarden.com/natural-landscaping/eat-your-yard-edible-landscape.aspx#ixzz1Vs3ey0iM

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