Thanksgiving Food Drive November 1st - 24th
About the heALTHIER YARDS PROGRAM
Our Mission
There is a growing movement in the country and on Long Island to become better stewards of our planet. This effort involves reducing or eliminating much of the chemical fertilizer , weed killers and other harmful things that migrate into our groundwater and eventually our bays.
The SCSCA has approved a plan for our neighborhood to be called “South Country Shores Healthier Yards”. The goal of this program is to encourage and educate our neighbors on more ecologically sound practices to reduce and hopefully some day eliminate nitrogen and other pollution in our bay.
The Plan
Here’s how it works. Residents will sign a pledge to make their property healthier and be given a handsome yard sign to display that their yard is a “healthier yard” in the hope that this movement spreads. Each sign is $20 per yard, it should be emphasized that this program is voluntary and not a requirement. It is the hope of the civic association that this kind of movement grows and eventually benefits our neighborhood and bay.
What Do You Have To Do?
- Join your neighbors in reducing and possibly eliminating the use of chemical fertilizers and other toxic chemicals on our lawns. Make use of natural fertilizers and pre-emergent corn meal to prevent and reduce weed seed growth.
- Consider leaving sections of your yard in a natural state to help insects, butterflies , bees and other beneficial insects overwinter and survive.
- Join the growing “leave the leaves” movement whereby you simply push your leaves to the edges of your yards in the fall and leave them until the spring allowing beneficial bees and insects to overwinter.
- Consider planting more native plants and trees which require much less water and no fertilizer.