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Sound-Friendly Gardening with Ciscoe
By KCTS Puget Sound Matters
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Puget Sound Matters is a production of KCTS Television. Funding is provided by The Russell Family Foundation.
Ciscoe Morris wants to help clean up the Sound! In this video, he shows us how to garden in a Sound-friendly way, by not using pesticides, herbicides, or synthetic fertilizers -- which all end up in the ocean. To learn about cleaner gardens, check out our special featured video content from KCTS at:
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Ciscoe Morris is Western Washington’s best-known gardener. You can find him on his weekly radio show, numerous television show appearances, and his column in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. He is a King County Master Gardener and a certified arborist, and he’s serious about protecting Puget Sound from poisons. The herbicides, pesticides and fertilizers that we put on our lawns to make them more attractive are washed into storm drains which in turn are dumped untreated right into Puget Sound. When synthetic fertilizer hits the Sound, it fertilizes algae which causes the algae to grow or “bloom” thereby robbing the water of oxygen and harming fish and other organisms. Scientists have made predictions that the Sound’s Coho salmon could be extinct in 60 years because of stormwater pollution. A large portion of the poisons in Puget Sound are from individual homeowners treating their lawns and gardens. The bright side of this is that individuals can make a difference by changing the way they garden to be Sound-friendly.
Creating a Sound-friendly garden can begin with these steps:
• Encourage your plants’ growth with organic mulch and compost instead of fertilizers.
• Choose plants that can grow in the Northwest climate. Use the right plant for the right site. Native plants perform the best while nonnative plants may need too much water or may attract pests.
• Practice smart watering. Use water efficiently and don’t waste it.
• Use non-toxic pest control methods rather than pesticides.
Learn more:
More info about the Western Washington’s best-known gardener Ciscoe Morris.
http://www.ciscoe.com/
Natural Landscapes is nonprofit organization striving which teaches people about the hazards of using chemical fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides while also promoting organic gardening methods and natural lawn care.
http://www.naturallandscapes.org/content/pesticideh/pesticideh.htm
A 1999 study from the United States Geological Survey entitled “Pesticides Detected in Urban Streams During Rainstorms and Relations to Retail Sales of Pesticides in King County, Washington”.
http://wa.water.usgs.gov/pubs/fs/fs.097-99/
The King County Department of Natural Resources and Plants - Yard and Garden Topics - provides information and programs related to environmentally friendly gardening and yard care in Puget Sound.
http://dnr.metrokc.gov/topics/yard-and-garden/
Broadband link http://kcts.vo.llnwd.net/o10/ram/psm/psm5_ciscoe300.ram
Dial-up link
http://kcts.vo.llnwd.net/o10/ram/psm/psm5_ciscoe56.ram
Ciscoe Morris is Western Washington’s best-known gardener. You can find him on his weekly radio show, numerous television show appearances, and his column in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. He is a King County Master Gardener and a certified arborist, and he’s serious about protecting Puget Sound from poisons. The herbicides, pesticides and fertilizers that we put on our lawns to make them more attractive are washed into storm drains which in turn are dumped untreated right into Puget Sound. When synthetic fertilizer hits the Sound, it fertilizes algae which causes the algae to grow or “bloom” thereby robbing the water of oxygen and harming fish and other organisms. Scientists have made predictions that the Sound’s Coho salmon could be extinct in 60 years because of stormwater pollution. A large portion of the poisons in Puget Sound are from individual homeowners treating their lawns and gardens. The bright side of this is that individuals can make a difference by changing the way they garden to be Sound-friendly.
Creating a Sound-friendly garden can begin with these steps:
• Encourage your plants’ growth with organic mulch and compost instead of fertilizers.
• Choose plants that can grow in the Northwest climate. Use the right plant for the right site. Native plants perform the best while nonnative plants may need too much water or may attract pests.
• Practice smart watering. Use water efficiently and don’t waste it.
• Use non-toxic pest control methods rather than pesticides.
Learn more:
More info about the Western Washington’s best-known gardener Ciscoe Morris.
http://www.ciscoe.com/
Natural Landscapes is nonprofit organization striving which teaches people about the hazards of using chemical fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides while also promoting organic gardening methods and natural lawn care.
http://www.naturallandscapes.org/content/pesticideh/pesticideh.htm
A 1999 study from the United States Geological Survey entitled “Pesticides Detected in Urban Streams During Rainstorms and Relations to Retail Sales of Pesticides in King County, Washington”.
http://wa.water.usgs.gov/pubs/fs/fs.097-99/
The King County Department of Natural Resources and Plants - Yard and Garden Topics - provides information and programs related to environmentally friendly gardening and yard care in Puget Sound.
http://dnr.metrokc.gov/topics/yard-and-garden/