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In Minnesota, we only have a <br />short time to enjoy our yards. <br />As a result, we take advantage of <br />them as play areas, gardens and <br />as places to gather with friends <br />and family. We also spend a great <br />ON THE PATH <br />TO AN <br />ENVIRONMENTALLY - <br />FRIENDLY <br />LANDSCAPE <br />the environment and the amount <br />of time and labor while still <br />creating a functional, aesthetically <br />pleasing landscape that can be <br />easily maintained in the years to <br />come. These principles include <br />deal of time and money making <br />sure our shrubs, trees, flowers <br />and lawns look great. Traditionally, <br />this high -maintenance type of <br />yard care may have included <br />large quantities of inputs -water, <br />fertilizers, pesticides, weed control <br />and money; not to mention our <br />own sweat and time. <br />Enter environmentally -friendly <br />landscaping, otherwise known as <br />sustainable landscaping. This <br />type of landscaping employs <br />some basic principles that can <br />reduce the impact we have on <br />such practices as improving your <br />soil, choosing the right plant <br />according to conditions, replacing <br />lawn areas that are difficult to <br />maintain with better adapted <br />shrubs and trees and reducing <br />inputs into the environment. <br />A sustainable landscape is <br />not a "no -maintenance" land- <br />scape and some of these <br />changes will take time to get <br />established. Your landscape will <br />still require some level of care, but <br />not as much because you are <br />working with the environment <br />instead of against it. <br />