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Lawn and garden care

Contents

  • Newsletter articles
  • Social media
  • Lawn and yard care stormwater education videos
  • Displays
  • Print materials
  • Frogs

Newsletter articles

  • Stories from Clean Water MN
  • Tips and tales about keeping water clean from East Metro Water
  • Green lawns for blue water
  • Of sheep, scythes, and lawns
  • 4 ideas for a water friendly yard
    • Spanish
    • Somali
  • 5 ways to get a green lawn without polluting Minnesota's water
    • Spanish
    • Somali

Social media

  • Sheep and low-mow
  • Sheep and lawns tweet
  • Taller grass
  • Green lawns for blue water tweet

Lawn and yard care stormwater education videos

  • Lawn care
    • Spanish
    • Somali
    • Hmong audio
      • Hmong audio timestamps
  • Yard care
    • Spanish
    • Somali
    • Hmong audio
      • Hmong audio timestamps

Displays

  • 5 Cheap tricks for healthy lawn-care
  • 8 Pollinator-friendly actions to take right now!

Print materials

  • How to grow a healthy no waste lawn and garden
  • Fertilizer law
  • What to ask for from your lawn care provider
  • Blue Thumb: tips for healthy lawns and gardens
  • Stop water where it drops! brochure
  • Phosphorus fertilizer fact sheet (customizable)
  • Reduce the need for pesticides and herbicides fact sheet
  • Residential waste management (doorhanger)

Frogs

  • Hop into Spring newsletter
  • Hop into Spring tweet
  • Frogs and toads graphic
  • Photos
    • Mink frog
    • American toad
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