Water, Water Everywhere
April showers bring May flowers or so the poem states. However, a garden needs proper drainage or spring rain will sit and soak the soil, rotting plants, or the rain will run so fast down a hill that it creates deep trenches. Proper drainage also prevents run off of fertilizers and pecticides into streams and waterways. Soil needs nutrients and a gardener needs to make sure these nutrients are not washed away.
Viewer Tip: New England Wild Flower Society recommends using a rain barrel or creating a rain garden to slow and disperse the heavy flow of water from gutters and downspouts. Rain Gardens capture the water and allow it either to penetrate the earth at that location or to flow into a better drainage area.
For more details on Rain Gardens, visit http://www.newenglandwild.org/publications-and-media/articles/rain-gardens.html/.
This tip is provided by the New England Wild Flower Society. Learn more at www.newenglandwild.org.
