According to the EPA, nearly 70% of the pollution in our surface waters comes from stormwater runoff. The management of stormwater has become such an area of concern that it’s now considered by ecologists, municipal planners, contractors, and landscape professionals as requiring micromanagement.
Monthly Archives: March 2011
Winners of our Garden Giveaway!1
March 17, 2011 – 11:54 am
Congratulations to Kelly Turner, our randomly selected commenter who says that Mother Earth News is her favorite gardening blog! Please get in touch with us, Kelly, so we can get your address and send out your $25 Home Depot gift card. Wonder what Kelly’s gonna do with her cash . . .seedlings? garden pavers? new [...]
Backyard Chickens0
March 16, 2011 – 10:56 am
I’ve discovered the best method for keeping a backyard flock of chickens: have a friend do it.
Cool Houses: Jellyfish Habitat0
March 15, 2011 – 12:46 pm
If you’ve seen my other articles concerning unique water-based home environments (such as the Trilobis 65 and the Neptus 60), you’ll know that Giancarlo Zema thinks outside of the box when it comes to home design. The Jellyfish 45 Habitat is no exception:
GIVEAWAY Closed!!0
March 15, 2011 – 10:28 am
Thank you FIY readers for all the wonderful garden blog suggestions! We need to cull through your comments and will announce a winner by the end of the week at the latest! Until then, we continue with our regularly scheduled programming. This week holds more garden tips and products along with a bit of our usual wackiness [...]
Get Your Goo Gone0
March 14, 2011 – 2:46 pm
My husband’s favorite cleaning agent has a citrusy smell that wafts upstairs from his basement workroom, and when I get a whiff, I know another sticky situation has come and gone. He uses it habitually, a panacea for all basement ills.
Last Day for the Giveaway!0
March 14, 2011 – 11:30 am
Today’s the last day for our Green Garden Giveaway! Leave a comment by 9 pm EST today and then cross fingers that a little orange sprouts gift card sprouts in your garden!
Handmade Cutting Boards0
March 13, 2011 – 10:00 am
Being married to a woodworker for nearly 25 years now has reaped me countless rewards around the house. But none is finer than my collection of cutting boards.
Not Your Father’s Toolbox0
March 12, 2011 – 10:55 am
This is a horrible confession to make: I don’t have a toolbox. I have a bag with various pockets that holds many of my tools (in an organized fashion), as well as a socket wrench set and a few other items. But I suppose that a toolbox is in order. I’m hesitant because I’ve seen [...]
When the Basement Floods0
March 11, 2011 – 10:26 am
We’ve been lucky when it comes to basement flooding. I have a friend who lives at the base of a hill that’s full of ledge rock resulting in rivers of runoff water in her basement. She’s ended up with members of the local volunteer fire department pumping out her basement on more than one occasion.
