During the rain event, that collected runoff pools to a design depth in the basin. Eventually, the water seeps down into the first soil layer that is made of mulch to provide organic materials to the ...

Native plants not only require less maintenance ... Management Incorporating permeable paving materials into your rain garden design is an excellent way to enhance water management and reduce ...

Rain gardens are planted with native or well adapted plant species that can tolerate both wet and dry conditions and have deep roots that promote water infiltration. Water should drain completely ...

Not only is this beneficial to the plants in your yard, it can eliminate flooded areas in your landscape design. “The goal of ...

Monitoring and noting weather anomalies will help you diagnose immediate and future plant and garden problems.

Homeowners often select native plants to grow in their rain gardens. Indiana native plant species are commonly grown in rain gardens because of their adaptation to the local climate, soils, and many ...

For Cheryle Gannaway of Prior Lake, there really was no way of maintaining the grass on hill on the side of her home. The grass was becoming the “pet” she didn’t want – ...

• Before the heat and dry air of spring and summer, update your irrigation system to in-line drip, flexible tubing with ...

Would you like to beautify your yard with showstopping flower blooms and grasses while protecting our lakes, streams, attracting songbirds, hummingbirds and beneficial pollinators like bees and ...

Create your own weather sta­tion with a rain gauge, snow gauge, and high-low thermom­eter. These gauges monitor the ...

The leader of a local movement that promotes cultivation of native greenery has volunteered to replant rain gardens in two Logan Township parks — an offer that found favor with the township ...