{"id":274,"date":"2013-04-03T10:47:05","date_gmt":"2013-04-03T14:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/safewater\/?page_id=274"},"modified":"2013-04-03T10:47:05","modified_gmt":"2013-04-03T14:47:05","slug":"sustainable-landscaping","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/safewater\/protecting-water-quality-at-home\/sustainable-landscaping\/","title":{"rendered":"Yard &amp; Garden Care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><strong>Clean Water Starts At Home<\/strong> \u2013 and what you do in your yard and garden can either help protect water quality, or can be a potential pollution source. \u00a0And, while\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">the potential pollution from your individual yard may seem small, the effects of chemicals, soil loss, and wasted water from hundreds or thousands of homes in your area can really add up.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">You can have a beautiful yard that also helps protect water quality by following the recommended practices on this website.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a title=\"Choose the Right Plant for the Right Spot\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/safewater\/programs\/protecting-water-quality-at-home\/sustainable-landscaping\/choose-the-right-plant-for-the-right-spot\/\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Choose the right plant for the right spot<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a title=\"Healthy Lawn Care\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/safewater\/healthy-lawn-care\/\">Healthy Lawn Care<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a title=\"Proper Use of Fertilizers and Pesticides\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/safewater\/programs\/protecting-water-quality-at-home\/sustainable-landscaping\/use-fertilizers-and-pesticides-responsibly\/\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Proper use of fertilizers and pesticides<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a title=\"Water Wisely\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/safewater\/programs\/protecting-water-quality-at-home\/sustainable-landscaping\/water-wisely\/\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Water wisely<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a title=\"Recycle Yard Waste\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/safewater\/programs\/protecting-water-quality-at-home\/sustainable-landscaping\/recycle-yard-waste\/\">Recycle yard waste<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a title=\"Reduce Stormwater Runoff\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/safewater\/programs\/protecting-water-quality-at-home\/sustainable-landscaping\/reduce-stormwater-runoff\/\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Reduce stormwater runoff<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><a title=\"Reduce Soil Erosion\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/safewater\/programs\/protecting-water-quality-at-home\/sustainable-landscaping\/reduce-soil-erosion\/\">Reduce soil erosion<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clean Water Starts At Home \u2013 and what you do in your yard and garden can either help protect water quality, or can be a potential pollution source. \u00a0And, while\u00a0the potential pollution from your individual yard may seem small, the effects of chemicals, soil loss, and wasted water from hundreds or thousands of homes in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"parent":1061,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-274","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/safewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/safewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/safewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/safewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/safewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/safewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/274\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/safewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/safewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}