Even though more and more "organic" items are offered in grocery stores, yet in the garden or on balconies too often chemicals are in use. Retailers are required by law to provide expert advice on the correct use of poisons or weed killers. That's why the chemicals are trapped behind glass in the stores. However, test purchases for the program "planet e." show: In fact, there is often no counseling at all.
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Pollutants:
Garden tools with a gas engine. Their pollutant balance is indeed significantly worse than the modern car engines. A two-stroke engine mower emits just as many pollutants per gallon of gas consumed as a 1930s car. In addition, the exhaust gases are considered to be clearly carcinogenic.
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Poisons:
A lot of poison is also used for pest control: to kill ants as well as moles, mice or rats. Especially against the annoying slugs, poisonous grain is widely scattered. Death sentence also for some cats and dogs.
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Do amateur gardeners poison the environment
and in the end, poison themselves or others?
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Plastic:
Another issue is the use of plastic borders, plastic shrub covers, plastic foils, plastic pots, plastic weed fabric, plastic plant signs, plastic decorations... the list is endless. No garden needs all this crap. Not any of these items were used by our grandparents. And they did a lot more gardening than we do. Why let the industry and retailers tell us what we need in our gardens? Why not do as nature does? Plants existed and thrived forever - without the use of plastic.
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Conclusion:
Of all the products offered at hardware stores, we need nothing, if we hobby gardeners would create our own compost! Fruit and vegetable scraps, egg shells, coffee or tea grounds, dry leaves, shredded paper, lint, banana peels... All this creates not only good compost, but it also reduces garbage and helps the environment to produce a lot less methane. It's a greenhouse gas which the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says is 20 times! more damaging to the environment than carbon dioxide (CO2).
Only this way gardens flourish! Not from using pollutants, or buying poisons and plastic rubbish.
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