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Just because you've never kept a plant alive, it doesn't mean you ignore the plants growing in your window well. Many window wells have drains in them. Vegetation and debris can obstruct or damage the drain. Keep your window wells and pipes clean. #waterproofing #homeinspection #randomplanting

Overgrown vegetation like trees, hedges, vines and plants near power lines can cause power outages, safety issues and even fires. As a property owner, it is your responsibility to keep vegetation clear of power lines to protect your home and community. Did you know? Recent regulation updates now require greater distance between trees and power lines. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/gW4qxK4a Take a moment to check your property and help keep power flowing safely. If your trees are too close to power lines, contact your local arborist for cutting or trimming. They will get in touch with us before starting to ensure it is done safely. If we contact you about trees on your property, cutting or trimming them as soon as possible helps reduce power outages and keeps everyone safe. #KeepTreesClearofPowerLines #StaySafeAroundElectricity #PoweringThrivingRegions

Lawns provide useful space for play, socializing and foot traffic. However, most of our lawns are unused. Terra Donna Gardens is on a mission to convert lawns to gardens, meadows, and groves. Even better, we want adjacent neighbors to work with us to create contiguous neighborhood greenways. We Conserve PA wrote an excellent article on the benefits of converting your lawn to meadow: Here are a few reasons they list: • Homeowner yard meadows provide essential resting and feeding areas for native songbirds along their migratory pathways. • Meadows are more effective than lawns at absorbing storm water and preventing flooding. Terra Donna's unique soil preparation can absorb hundreds more gallons of water each year than conventional methods. • In the U.S. alone, we use 800 million gallons of gasoline each year to power lawn equipment. This creates 5% of our air pollution. Gardens, meadows and groves clean the air and sequester carbon. In the image below, all of that space was a lawn that was rarely used. Terra Donna Gardens converted over half of it to native plant gardens. Now it is full of butterflies, bees and birds, and almost no storm water reaches the street. To install your lawn conversion this spring, we need to start planning and designing it now. Earth and its beautiful creatures need your help, so contact us now. https://lnkd.in/eDNDCxPa The #WeConservePA article is here: https://lnkd.in/g3JC4eA9

If you enjoyed leaves in a trench drain, get ready for a whole new level with leaves in the pit/pipes system! 🌿 Some key takeaways from these drains in the park scenario: - In a park setting, it's common to find many leaves still trapped in the grass near the drains, on roads all of them go to drain. - Witness the significant accumulation of leaves in the second drain? Now, imagine the even larger quantity that has made its way down the "big hole". - When the flow through the pipe reaches 0.7m/s, it hits the self-cleansing velocity. This means that the pollutants in the second drain have gathered *exclusively since the last rainfall event*. 🌧️💧 Please watch until the end. #DrainageSystems #PollutionControl #EnvironmentalEngineering #stormwater #stormwaterquality #WSUD

Compost filter socks are an eco-friendly solution for erosion control, ideal for construction sites and specific landscaping applications. 🌾 They help manage water runoff, prevent sediment from escaping, and promote healthy vegetation without the need for trenching. Learn how filter socks can help protect your project from erosion at the link below. ⬇️

April showers bring May flowers! Recognizing the negative impact stormwater runoff can have, our employees help maintain rain gardens in Michigan and Iowa that are capable of preventing 4,000 gallons of rain runoff from disrupting the environment. Interested in creating one for your home? 🌷🏡. 1. Choose a Low Area: Find a spot in your yard that collects water after rain - away from your house. 2. Prepare the Soil: Dig out the soil about 6 inches deep and slope it gently. 3. Plant Native Species: Select native plants that can handle wet conditions. 4. Mulch and Maintain: Add mulch to conserve moisture and suppress weeds.

This parking lot in Tucson, Arizona, is doing a lot of things right! This is a picture of a five-year-old planting of a Prosopis velutina (Velvet Mesquite) in a 12x15ft island. Adequate soil volume for tree roots plays a major role in the longterm health of trees in the built environment. Green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) has also been incorporated...aka Water Harvesting. I've not seen a better example of an Arizona parking lot to date. This is a great one to emulate. All of the desert trees are doing great. Tucson's 30 year annual rainfall average is 11.3 inches FYI, our native Southwest desert trees are just very large shrubs that we use as trees. PLEASE KEEP THEM MULTI-TRUNK. https://lnkd.in/g_ujkQ7U #Tucson #Arizona #GreenInfrastructure #WaterHarvesting #SustainableLandscaping #DesertTrees

OUR UPLANDS First of all, I should make it VERY clear that I am NOT opposed to field sports, and that I DO understand the need for some heather-burning (or mowing in the limited areas where this is feasible). And I don't believe in immediate bans or significantly increasing the load of bureaucracy on landowners and managers. BUT I DO think that this sort of intensive burning should be phased out in time. 1 While the resulting heather may look good, such regular burning does reduce the number of species growing, for instance killing off juniper which could be a valuable component of a much more diverse moorland. 2 Such regular burning often chars the underlying peat, increasing the risk of erosion, and leaking carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. 3 My greatest concern is that such reduced vegetation will not retain water; this is a particular problem on slopes running down to any burn or river. Given the ever-increasing rainfall we are experiencing, the increased run-off pours silt into the water-courses, impacts the spawning-beds, and increases flooding downstream. I entirely accept that it will take time for landowners to develop alternative models of grouse-moor management, but, given that, increasingly, people are looking to enhance whole-catchments, I don't see that such moors can continue to be managed in isolation. And I cannot see that this intense burning is sustainable into the future.........

The Aquasweep is an industry-leading solution for dock, canal, beach, and shoreline clean-up, improvement, and maintenance. 💦The Dock Mount Aquasweep can keep your waterfront clean from algae, trash, and decaying debris on the surface, or it can be used to blast muck, silt, weeds, and decaying leaves from the bottom. 👉 The Aquasweep has been the top debris and muck mover in the industry since we launched it back in 1994! One of the great features of the Aquasweep is its continuous-run capability thanks to its weed-free design. The debris shield prevents grasses, weeds, and other materials from clogging the moving parts so your Aquasweep can move muck continuously, without concern for clogs! #scottaerator #waterinmotion #aquasweep #muckmover #pondmanagementproducts #easy #effective #ecofriendly

🐜 Wood-destroying insects cause billions of dollars in damage each year. Know the signs of trouble! -Mud tubes – the tunnels termites use to move along non-edible material and into the wood. -Wood damage – hollowed or bored sections of wood within the structure. -Wings and droppings – termites and other wood destroying insects leave behind tell-tale signs of infestation, including discarded wings, droppings, and dead insects. We are a NJ licensed to perform pest inspections unlike many other companies. Protect your investment! Schedule a Wood-Destroying Insect Inspection today! #HouseMaster #Neighborly #HomeInspections #Homeownership