The Improved Lawn Maintenance: Good Choices for Clean Water videos were created to help individuals understand the impacts of lawn maintenance on our waters and provide information on better practices to reduce environmental impacts.
Watch this three-part video series, to learn about tools, techniques and products that you can use to maintain a healthy lawn AND protect our waters.
Did you know that unhealthy lawns and poor lawn care practices can be bad for the environment? What can homeowners do to have a healthy and attractive lawn that will have minimum impact to water quality? If you care about the health of our waters, find out what you can do to minimize your impact on the environment as you manage your property!
Improved Lawn Maintenance: Good Choices for Clean Water- Part 1: Lawn Care Basics (21 min.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzZqmFKK0fM
In this video, you will learn about:
The life cycle of grass
Principles of healthy mowing
Core aeration
Principles of responsible watering
Improved Lawn Maintenance: Good Choices for Clean Water- Part 2: Fertilizing Your Lawn (21 min.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSr9MQSXJdQ
In this video, you will learn about:
Soil testing and how to read the soil test
What makes up fertilizer and how to read a fertilizer bag
How much fertilizer to use and how to apply it
Improved Lawn Maintenance: Good Choices for Clean Water- Part 3: Weed Control (16 min.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDwNil3wZVo
In this video, you will learn about:
Weed identification
How to remove weeds without herbicide
How much herbicide to use and how to safely apply it
For more information and supporting materials, visit www.mwmo.org/turfgrass.html
About the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization
The Mississippi Watershed Management Organization is one of about three dozen watershed organizations in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. Its boundaries include the Mississippi River as it runs through Minneapolis, as well as the land that drains to the river. The MWMO contains portions of the cities of Lauderdale, Minneapolis, the City of Saint Anthony Village, Saint Paul, Fridley, Columbia Heights, and all of Hilltop. The final member of the MWMO is the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board.
For a copy of the DVDs or more information, contact the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization (MWMO) at 612-465-8780 or visit http://www.mwmo.org/turfgrass.html
Video: Improved Lawn Maintenance – Good Choices for Clean Water
Posted: September 11, 2019 by zzz Data
Category: Sharing Environmental Education Knowledge (SEEK)
The Improved Lawn Maintenance: Good Choices for Clean Water videos were created to help individuals understand the impacts of lawn maintenance on our waters and provide information on better practices to reduce environmental impacts.
Watch this three-part video series, to learn about tools, techniques and products that you can use to maintain a healthy lawn AND protect our waters.
Did you know that unhealthy lawns and poor lawn care practices can be bad for the environment? What can homeowners do to have a healthy and attractive lawn that will have minimum impact to water quality? If you care about the health of our waters, find out what you can do to minimize your impact on the environment as you manage your property!
Improved Lawn Maintenance: Good Choices for Clean Water- Part 1: Lawn Care Basics (21 min.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzZqmFKK0fM
In this video, you will learn about:
Improved Lawn Maintenance: Good Choices for Clean Water- Part 2: Fertilizing Your Lawn (21 min.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSr9MQSXJdQ
In this video, you will learn about:
Improved Lawn Maintenance: Good Choices for Clean Water- Part 3: Weed Control (16 min.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDwNil3wZVo
In this video, you will learn about:
For more information and supporting materials, visit www.mwmo.org/turfgrass.html
About the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization
The Mississippi Watershed Management Organization is one of about three dozen watershed organizations in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. Its boundaries include the Mississippi River as it runs through Minneapolis, as well as the land that drains to the river. The MWMO contains portions of the cities of Lauderdale, Minneapolis, the City of Saint Anthony Village, Saint Paul, Fridley, Columbia Heights, and all of Hilltop. The final member of the MWMO is the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board.
For a copy of the DVDs or more information, contact the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization (MWMO) at 612-465-8780 or visit http://www.mwmo.org/turfgrass.html