Home & Gardening | Five gardening ideas to reduce reliance on chemicals

An ounce of prevention in the garden is worth a pound of cure in the form of pesticides and fertilizers that have potential to impact wildlife, waterways, beneficial plants and even soil microbes. And while the science of horticulture is plenty complex, it’s not difficult for a residential grower to put in place a few practices in that will create a lower-maintenance, eco-friendly and self-correcting habitat.

Read the original article published on the Wenatchee World NCW Foothills website.