There was a gasp today at our Garden Club program on native planting from Blue Stem Natives.
Emissions are significant
Today, operating a commercial lawn mower for one hour emits as much smog-forming pollution as driving a new light-duty passenger car about 300 miles – about the distance from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, more than 4 hours of drive time. For a commercial leaf blower, one hour of operation emits smog-forming pollution comparable to driving a new light-duty passenger car about 1100 miles – about the distance from Los Angeles to Denver, over 15 hours of driving.
We also heard about “leaving the leaves”, plant intensively, don’t water except in emergencies, use lawn as ‘area rugs’ vs carpet, and the best mosquito elimination – a mosquito bucket!!!! Mosquito Bucket (its a miracle, apparently)