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Happy Earth Day!
Happy Earth Day!
Today is the 38th annual celebration of the planet we call home, and a day to step back and think about things we can do to preserve and restore our natural resources…
So that’s the official line on Earth Day, but I want to know: what do YOU think about Earth Day?
Is it a time to reflect on accomplishments?
A time to call for more action?
Or something in-between?
Send a post, let us know, then go outside and do something good for the planet.
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Girl Scouts plant a rain garden
I discovered Saturday that mud can and will suck the boots off your feet if it’s deep and you step in the wrong place.
While I didn’t get a photo of the quarter-inch of muck plastering my Timberlands (thanks to waterproof boots, my socks are still white), I did capture some nifty shots of Girl Scout Troop 40418 and their family and friends planting a rain garden Saturday at Beckett Park.
The plants put in by the scouts and Butler County Storm Water District are intended to improve water infiltration at a low spot in the park. In other words, what would otherwise be a muddy spot after each rain is now a flower bed full of asters, honeysuckle bushes and switchgrass. Rather than pouring into the storm drainage system and contributing to Mill Creek flooding, the runoff will help something pretty grow, and will come out cleaner after it filters through the soil.
Go to the gallery, and take a look at the rain garden’s muddy inception. It was a fun experience, and well worth the mess.
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