Objective: You will learn how to install a rain garden and why installing a rain garden has a positive impact on your envi...
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Do rain gardens attract mosquitoes?
If built correctly, your rain garden should not host mosquitoes. Mosquito larvae require 2 to 3 days of...
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Walk through your yard and identify potential locations. Note any strong slopes or low spots. It is helpful to watch water...
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With your location decided and design constraints considered, you can begin sizing your rain garden. Generally, rain gardens are siz...
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Defining Rain Garden Boundaries
The first step is to outline (with string or spray paint) the parameter of your rain garden. This...
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Routine Weeding, Pruning, and Mulching
Sediment and debris removal. Periodically, remove sediment and other debris that build up in...
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Brantley, E., N. Dictson, L. Bell, A. Graham, A. James, and R. Kuntz. 2019. Alabama Watershed Stewards Handbook: A Water Resource ...
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Rain gardens catch, filter, and hold stormwater. They are simple gardens designed in pocket-like depressions to capture rainwater fr...
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Rainscaping your landscape can reduce polluted runoff that endangers vulnerable water bodies that are downstream from your property....
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Worldwide water consumption is rising at double the rate of the population; however, the amount of fresh water remains at only 2.5 percent o...
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What Is It?
Rainwater harvesting is the collection and storage of rainwater in a container or in the landscape through a designed practice....
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Rain barrels are available for purchase at many stores and online as well as sold inexpensively through environmental conservation organizat...
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