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Five Ways To Prevent Flooding In Your Garden

Matt Lee

Damage from flooding can cost thousands of dollars to repair. Did you know there are ways you can prevent it, starting with your landscape and gardens? Survey the land around your home the next time it rains, and photograph areas where there is flooding. Those are trouble zones should torrential rain ever fall. Follow these…

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Drainage Woes, Be Gone: How To Build A Rain Garden

If you’re looking for a way to solve drainage problems in your yard, look no further than a rain garden. It’s a good-looking, effective way to manage soggy ground, and also protects our lakes, streams and wetlands from polluting water runoff. Rain gardens also provide food and habitat for pollinators, songbirds, and other wildlife. Need…
April 7, 2018
Catherine Sherriffs

Rain Gardens: Drainage Solution That’s Easy On The Eyes

Is poor drainage in your yard causing you to get some serious wear and tear out of your billy boots? Introducing the rain garden! It’ll drink up the excess water surrounding your house, and it’s easy on the eyes too. Many of us have tried to solve the issue of unwanted water in our yards…
April 6, 2018
Catherine Sherriffs