Free Rain Barrels!

Would you like to harvest rain water, reduce your ecological footprint and save money?

Make your own 55 gal. rain barrel at one of the Cobb County Watershed Stewardship rain barrel workshops!

This workshop is free of charge for all Cobb County residents! Be ready to spend one hour outdoors and to use power tools. You will need a 4-door sedan or larger to carry you barrel home.

We have four sessions scheduled for April 7 and 23. Keep checking our website for new dates.
We are looking forward to seeing you!

For more information and to register:
http://watershed.cobbcountyga.gov/files/rainbarrels.htm
Please, no phone calls or emails.
Limit of one barrel per household.

The end result

We've been trading "ark jokes' lately and even complained a bit about the amount of rain we are getting now. While we are waiting for the dry, hot summer days to come, I hope you are planning where to install your rain barrel or a water catchment system. I am compiling a list of sources for you in a future blog...

Meantime, the flowering varieties are treating us to a beautiful sight this spring. Enjoy the lovely camellias, cherries and specialty magnolias that have popped this past week!

Lyn

Star Magnolia, Magnolia stellata

Favorite Links

I have posted some of my favs at the bottom right of blog page...feel free to share yours in Comments (click on the pencil).

Hope you are staying dry out there!

Lyn

Can you believe this was just one week ago?

 

Hard to believe we had three inches of snow less than a week ago! Use these warm days to clean out your weeds, see what's coming up, and plan your new plants for the year. Top Trends this year include:

1. Grow-it-yourself (or GIY for short!). Start something from seed this year. Easiest seeds for first timers include zinnias and radishes.

2. Blended gardens - kinda like blended families, this includes adding fruits and veggies to your garden, right in there with the perennials and shrubs. Strawberries, blueberries, peppers and beans all mix up well with your 'regular' garden varieties.

3. Be a Locavore. No, that's not a new kind of dinosaur... it means to buy locally made supplies, use native plants, forego the cypress and peat (they come from far away and their harvest is hurting our environment). Make your own compost -- try a worm farm!

Later this week, more on seed starting, worm farming, and preventing insects in order to eliminate use of harmful chemicals. Meanwhile, I hear the rains are returning...at least it is staying above freezing!

Will the real Spring, please return to Atlanta, soon?!

Lyn