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Article by: Thomas Leo Ogren Asthma Friendly Gardens , It’s a Jungle in There: Creating a Tropical Paradise in Your Tom Ogren Recent studies have shown that babies born to mothers who were exposed to high levels of pollen in their last trimester of pregnancy have a much greater chance of developing asthma. One of the main keys with asthma prevention is avoidance. When you have asthma the typical garden , Evergreens You Can Use For Landscaping is not a very friendly place , Tips For Lawn Care at all. There are mold spores to contend with and worst of all is the pollen. Typical gardens , October in the Flower - Preparing for Winter have pollen producing male trees , Five key factors that affect your pot plants in winter and male shrubs , Fertilizers - What you Need to Feed Your Lawn and other plants , Getting Tulips to Bloom for Two Months that can provoke asthma attacks. Almost anyone with asthma will tell you that their asthma can be triggered by a good number of things, but pollen is often number one for causing an attack. Garden , Native Trees and Plants For Bradford County Pa allergies are common, but they need not be. Allergies from gardening , Getting Tulips to Bloom for Two Months could be largely a thing of the past… if we're willing to make some simple changes. , Brighten Up Your Patio With Sun Catchers In fall , Fertilizers - What you Need to Feed Your Lawn of 1999 in Richmond, Virginia the American Lung Association of Virginia (ALAV) built a new Breathe EasyÔ office and headquarters. 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The ALA decided it would make perfect sense to landscape , ?’m A Leaf Thief And A Composting King their new healthy , ?’m A Leaf Thief And A Composting King building (in some states these are now called Health Houses) with an allergy free landscape. , ?’m A Leaf Thief And A Composting King OPALSÔ (the plant/allergy 1-10 numerical ranking system) was used to select only those plant , What is Organic Farming? materials that were either very low pollen, low allergy, or that were totally pollen free, allergy free. In effect they created the first true asthma friendly garden , Stock Lawnmower Parts For Greater Availability Of Lawnmower in the US. Health Houses , It’s a Jungle in There: Creating a Tropical Paradise in Your in other states are now also adding pollen free landscapes , How to completely rehab your home in 10 days! to their green , Planting The Dura Heat and River Birch Trees construction, green , Miniature Roses Have Many Uses buildings. A new Health House , What Is Compost And Why Does My Garden Need It? is about to be built in Pennsylvania, and the PA Association of Landscapers and Nurserymen are helping to surround it with an asthma friendly landscape. , October in the Flower Garden - Preparing for Winter Schools too are getting into the clean air , Tips For Lawn Care act, and in the city of Visalia, California, the Tulare County Asthma Coalition recently directed the asthma friendly landscaping , Looking for the best sourced advice witrel="nofollow" h reference to furnit of a newly built elementary school. Twelve keys to building , Seven Ticks For Organic Gardening your own asthma friendly garden: 1.Plant lots of female trees , How to completely rehab your home in 10 days! and female shrubs. , Have You Done Your Lawn Mower Maintenance Yet? Not only will these not shed , Carpet Stain Removers - What You Didn't Know any pollen, they will also trap a good deal of pollen that may stay in from somewhere else. Think of these female plants , October in the Flower Garden - Preparing for Winter as nature's air , What Is Compost And Why Does My Garden Need It? cleaners. 2.Use only low pollen or no pollen lawns. , Fertilizers - What you Need to Feed Your There are types of lawns , The Importance of Garden Decor now that are pretty well pollen free and these are a big improvement , How to Prune Pear Trees over some of the older lawn , 10 Tips for Working With a Contractor varieties. In southern states, if you have a common Bermuda grass , How to Prune Pear Trees lawn, consider replacing it with a newer, more asthma friendly hybrid Bermuda grass. , Construction Fall Protection ‘Princess 77' is a new Bermuda grass , Evergreens You Can Use For Landscaping hybrid that can be planted from seed. , What Is Compost And Why Does My Garden Need It? It is next to pollen free, grows , What Is Compost And Why Does My Garden Need It? very low and tight, and is especially good looking. 3.With OPALSÔ 1 is best, 10 is worst. Use only plants , The Modern Guide To Choosing The Right Bed Sheets with rankings of 1-5. The more plants , 10 Tips for Working With a Contractor in your gardens , What Is Compost And Why Does My Need It? that have rankings ranging from 1-3, the friendlier your place , 5 Reasons To Stock Up On Firewood In Early Spring will be for anyone with allergies or asthma. 4.Remove any trees , Create The Perfect Garden Pond or shrubs , A Great Landscping Plant fo Use In Bedminster Township Pennsylvania with rankings over OPALSÔ #7. The woody landscape , Brighten Up Your Patio With Sun Catchers plants with rankings of 8-10 are all sure-fire allergy triggering plants , Working with Landscape Contractors and you can live without them. 5.Replace any removed high pollen, asthma triggering plants , Hot Tub Safety for Children with their opposite, female trees , Stock Lawnmower Parts For Greater Availability Of Lawnmower or female shrubs. , A Great Landscping Plant fo Use In Bedminster Township Pennsylvania Also good as replacements are perfect flowered plants , Five key factors that affect your pot s in winter that are known to be very low pollen producers. These will all have good (low) OPALSÔ rankings. 6.Use only plants , How to make your Backyard a Wonderland Oasis that are well adapted to your own area. If you can find natives that have low allergy rankings, consider using them. 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For more advice , Five key factors that affect your pot plants in winter on low allergen gardening, , Native Trees and Plants For Bradford County Pa look up allergy free gardening , It’s a Jungle in There: Creating a Tropical Paradise in Your on the Internet, , The Modern Guide To Choosing The Right Bed Sheets or go to your local , How to Significantly Lower Your Wedding Flower Costs library and read some books on this new important subject. Tom Ogren is the author of five published books, including: Allergy-free Gardening, , Brighten Up Your Patio With Sun Catchers Safe , Crafty Country Decorating Style Ideas Sex in the Garden , Getting Tulips to Bloom for Two Months (Ten Speed Press), and What the Experts May NOT Tell You About: Growing , How to make your Backyard a Wonderland Oasis the Perfect Lawn , Hot Tub Safety for Children (AOL Time Warner Books). Tom has an MS degree in Agriculture-Horticulture, taught landscape gardening , Home Reno Plans: Value Added Or Value Subtracted? for twenty years, owned and operated two wholesale-retail nurseries, and in northern Minnesota was host of the popular Public Radio call-in gardening , Have You Done Your Lawn Mower Maintenance Yet? show, "Tom Ogren's Wild World of Plants! , Working with Landscape Contractors " Tom (Thomas Leo Ogren) has published hundreds of articles on health and gardening. , How a Good Bedroom Design Can Boost Your Confidence. His work has appeared in diverse publications such as South Africa's Veldt and Field, in Women's Day, Alternative Medicine, the Burpee Seed , Create The Perfect Garden Pond Catalog, Sunset Magazine, Landscape , How to Significantly Lower Your Wedding Flower Costs Architecture, Der Spiegel, The London Times, The Seattle Times, The Washington Post, and even the Jerusalem Post. He has also made numerous appearances on HGTV and his work was the focus of two made for TV documentaries, one by the Canadian Discovery Channel. Tom has been interviewed on National Public Radio's Weekend Edition and his groundbreaking research was featured on The CBS Evening News. He is a frequent lecturer for garden , There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch - Hotmail clubs, arboretums, civic groups, hospitals, medical groups, Master Gardeners, and professional associations of landscapers, landscape , A Great Landscping Plant fo Use In Bedminster Township Pennsylvania designers, writers, nursery people, arborists, and urban foresters. He has become well known for his fun, high energy, , Sky Pencil Hollies Are Used in Quakertown Pa. highly informative, unusual and provocative talks. Tom is a member of the Professional Landscape , Stock Lawnmower Parts For Greater Availability Of Lawnmower Designers Association, and the GWA, the Garden , Working with Landscape Contractors Writers of America. Unlike many well-published authors, he still tries to answer all of his own email. You can contact Tom through his website, at: www.allergyfree-gardening.com Notice of Copyright: Copyright Thomas Leo OgrenÓ About the Author Thomas Ogren is the author of Allergy-Free Gardening, , 5 Reasons To Stock Up On Firewood In Early Spring Ten Speed Press. Tom does consulting work on for the USDA, county asthma coalitions, and the American Lung Associations. He has appeared on CBS, HGTV and The Discovery Channel. His book, Safe , Top 10 Questions to Ask a Builder before Buying a Swimming P Sex in the Garden, , Getting Tulips to Bloom for Two Months was published 2003. In 2004 Time Warner Books published his latest: What the Experts May NOT Tell You About: Growing , This Winter, Provide Water For The Birds the Perfect Lawn. , Miniature Roses Have Many Uses His website: www.allergyfree-gardening.com |
  
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