Pave your patio, driveway, or sidewalk with porous pavement – This type of pavement strategy allows rainwater to seep below the surface into an aggregate, where it is afterwards distributed into the soil. The pavement allows water than might otherwise form puddles and evaporate to be taken up by plants in your yard. In the winter, snow that might otherwise turn into ice also infiltrates into the ground, sparing you a fall. The lack of ice also lessens the need to use harmful and environmentally poisonous salts.

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