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More Landscaping Information

Think About Personal Pollution (TAPP)

The TAPP Campaign helps educate individuals on ways that small personal changes in home and yard practices can help keep local lakes, sinks and streams cleaner. Helps you understand your impact on water quality and to encourage you to take action by adopting some slightly different approaches to things you do every day.

http://www.tappwater.org/

Leon County Agricultural Extension Service

http://leon.ifas.ufl.edu/

EDIS is the Florida Cooperative Electronic Data Information Source

Information and educational materials on issues such as sustainable agriculture, competitiveness in world markets, natural resource conservation, energy conservation, food safety, child and family development, consumer credit counseling, and youth development.

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/index.html

The Florida Yards & Neighborhoods Program was developed to address serious problems of pollution and disappearing habitats by enlisting homeowners in the battle to save our natural environment. This program provides special educational and outreach activities directed at the community to help residents reduce pollution and enhance their environment by improving home and landscape management.

http://hort.ufl.edu/fyn/

The Florida Yardstick and its companion, A Guide to Environmentally Friendly Landscaping: Florida Yards and Neighborhoods Handbook, show you how to create attractive and healthy yards by working with Florida's environment, rather than against it.

http://hort.ufl.edu/fyn/table-of-contents.htm

Florida Green Industries Best Management Practices for Protection of Water Resources in Florida

http://hort.ufl.edu/bmp/turfbmp.pdf, Manual of information and guidance on landscape management practices to conserve and protect Florida’s water resources.

Soil Work

ATTRA- National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service

http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/altsoilamend.html

Soil Foodweb: The research and web site of Dr. Elaine Ingram and aerobically activated compost tea. They measure the quality and quantity of soil organisms and guide you to build your soil so your soil can build your plants.

http://www.soilfoodweb.com/

Integrated Pest Management

Providing biological pest control alternatives, beneficial insects & organisms for the home, yard and barn.

http://www.arbico.com

Products

Fertrell fertilizers and soil conditioners

http://www.fertrell.com/

Sustainable Community Development: Providing Probiotic EM technology

http://www.scdworld.com/

KIS: Providing compost tea

http://www.simplici-tea.com/