Gretel Norgeot
Farmer, Founder, Owner:
Orleans Farmers’ Market
One Class
10:30 – 12:00
April 22
Create a healthier lawn by leaving grass clippings, mowing on the highest setting, and eliminating chemical fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides. Add compost for soil nutrition and water-holding abilities, and then … water less. Create a “soil sponge,” a home to microbes that help plants grow, stay healthy, and reduce runoff during extreme rains. Plan your planting and seeding to work with Mother Nature and our local small water (rain) cycles. Reduce your lawn area. Instead, plant outside edges with local native pollinator plants and flowers.