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Friday October 22, 1999 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER 47 HOMES & GARDENS Earth-friendly tips for your fall clean-up Getting the lawn and garden ready for winter can generate a lot of waste and clog land fill sites needlessly. With some gentle prodding and a little advice, homeowners can help the environment and do their lawn and gardens a favour this fall by following a few simple steps. The experts at The Home Depot offer the following tips for earth-friendly lawn and garden cleanup. · Instead of spending time raking up grass clippings, use a mulch mower to cut grass finely enough to be left on the lawn. In addition to generating no waste, this returns essential nutrients to keep your lawn lush and green next year. Look for convertible mulch mowers that can break down both leaves and grass, such as a 3 in 1 convertible mulch mower. · Bring in any potted plants to protect them from frost. To keep unwanted insects out of the house, spray first with an environm entally-friendly insect spray. Tropical plants which stay dormant throughout the winter months can be pruned. Cut back on watering and don't fertilize until the clocks change to Daylight Savings Time in the spring. A fish fertilizer is the best natural, organic choice. · Outdoors, leave seed heads on perenni al plants over the winter for the birds to eat, and the burlap sacking around young trees and evergreens. · When your vegetable garden is finished for the season, turn in composted manure to rejuvenate the soil. It's completely organic and safe for the soil. · Soil that is made from a composting pile is environmentally friendly and makes for an excellent fertilizer for the garden. Fall is a great time to begin your composting pile. You can put both garden and kitchen waste in the composter, but remember to add only vegetable matter. The com posting process also can be speeded up adding an accelerator or soil between each layer of compost. 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