Rain gardens reduce flooding and erosion associated with large amounts of stormwater entering streams during heavy rainfalls. Helps recharge the water table. By capturing water and allowing it to ...

That could make your rain garden an erosion risk. Before planting, Fox suggests contacting your local utility marking ...

Nearly half of American homes are at severe or extreme risk of facing at least one type of climate-related natural disaster, ...

they don’t do the big jobs of stemming erosion and stabilizing slopes. A few days after a big rain, walk through the garden to assess any damage. Look for fallen branches, the soil level around ...

A new initiative will offer Montgomery County residents discounted rain barrels and backyard compost bins. Montgomery County is collaborating with the cities of Centerville, Dayton, Kettering and ...

Both rain gardens were originally stocked with appropriate ... have deep roots that capture stormwater and reduce erosion; and don’t need to be fertilized or watered once established, according ...

Weathering and erosion slowly chisel ... Water is nature's most versatile tool. For example, take rain on a frigid day. The water pools in cracks and crevices. Then, at night, the temperature ...

Would you like to beautify your yard with showstopping flower blooms and grasses while protecting our lakes, streams, attracting songbirds, hummingbirds and beneficial pollinators like bees and ...

Shawn Power, an operations manager with the garden supply store GrowGeneration in Redding, told the Northstate’s News this water can help keep soil and plants healthy. “Your city water has chlorine in ...

UDRI maintains and operates the US Air Force's Rain Erosion Test Facility at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton. This facility is part of the Air Force Research Laboratory's Materials ...