Healthy Solutions


image of driveway, lawn, garden rows

PSI has gathered suggestions for healthy landscape care into a booklet called Healthy Solutions, Suggestions for Chemical-Free Landscape Care on Islesboro. You may access individual chapters below or download the entire booklet. Printed copies of the booklet are available without charge at the Town Office.

INTRODUCTION
GENERAL LANDSCAPE CARE
SOIL
LAWNS (including calendar)
GARDENS (including calendar)
COMPOST
DRIVEWAYS
PESTS AND HOW TO TREAT THEM (including grub, tick, and brown-tail moth control; barberry removal)
COMMERCIAL SUPPLIERS
PESTICIDE DISPOSAL
SOURCES AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Additional references
Meet the Ecologist Who Wants You To Unleash The Wild On Your Backyard
7 Ways To Make Your Yard The Envy Of Your Neighbors, According To Golf Superintendents
Natural Lawn Care for Healthy Soils
Leave the Leaves