native plants – Page 8 – East Metro Water

Native Plants Keep Bees Buzzing

By: angiehongmn June 3, 2014

Wildlife, Yards and LandscapingBlue Thumb, honey bees, native plants, pollinators, wildlife habitatLeave a Comment

Beekeepers are losing 30-50% of their hives each year as the colonies collapse due to disease, lack of habitat, and pesticide applications.

Enough with the Snow, Let’s Get Gardening!

By: angiehongmn February 24, 2014

Keeping water clean, Yards and LandscapingBlue Thumb, native plants, raingardens, Washington Conservation District, wildlife habitatLeave a Comment

Next week, the Washington Conservation District (WCD) and local Watershed Districts will begin offering free landscape design workshops to help winter-weary Minnesotans plan raingardens and native plantings that help to create habitat and protect water resources.

If at first you don’t succeed, kill, kill again

By: angiehongmn October 11, 2011

Buckthornbuckthorn, invasive plants, native plants, wildlife habitatLeave a Comment

Visit http://www.mnwcd.org/buckthorn to learn more about managing buckthorn on your land, including removal strategies, information about controlling buckthorn with herbicides, and a list of local buckthorn consultants that can help you get the work done.

There goes the tent!

By: angiehongmn August 12, 2011

Yards and LandscapingBlue Thumb, flooding, native plants, raingardens, wildlife habitatLeave a Comment

Unfortunately, it is a little harder to deal with excess water in your backyard than in your campsite.

Blue Thumb Gardens Take the Stage

By: angiehongmn July 7, 2011

Yards and LandscapingBlue Thumb, Brown's Creek Watershed District, native plants, raingardens, Valley Branch Watershed District, Washington Conservation DistrictLeave a Comment

Many tour attendees also come in search of ideas for their own homes.

Native Plant Mania

By: angiehongmn May 20, 2011

Yards and LandscapingBlue Thumb, native plants, raingardens, wildlife habitatLeave a Comment

People are no longer content to just plant a pretty garden in their yard. Now they want a garden that stops polluted runoff, attract butterflies and birds, or improves wildlife habitat.

Lessons from the locals

By: angiehongmn April 20, 2011

Aquatic Biology, Keeping water clean, Local Achievements, Partners and Updatesalgae, Brown's Creek Watershed District, impaired waters, McKusick Lake, middle st. croix watershed management organization, MPCA, native plants, phosphorus, raingardens, shoreline plantings, Stillwater, water pollutionLeave a Comment

Says Stillwater Council Member Doug Menikheim, â€œThe Lake McKusick story is a great example of what can happen when citizens pitch in to improve their community and different layers of government work together to save money and get things done.â€

Do it for the kids (Shrink your yard)

By: angiehongmn April 4, 2011

Yards and LandscapingBlue Thumb, groundwater, native plants, water conservation, wildlife habitat2 Comments

The concept of sustainability is rooted in this universal hope we all share that our children and grandchildren will lead lives as good or better than our own.

A new twist on fish fry

For those of you keeping track, 23,000 pounds of carp could probably feed at least one thousand hungry Packer fans, more if you went heavy on the rye bread.

Bringing nature to your doorstep

By: angiehongmn December 28, 2010

Yards and Landscapingbackyard woods, Blue Thumb, design with nature, groundwater, native gardens, native landscaping, native plants, planting for clean water, prairie gardens, water conservation, water pollution, wild onesLeave a Comment

Where was nature during that stretch of my childhood? It was certainly in the mountains, probably out in the country where the grapevines grew, possibly in the orchards and empty lots, but definitely not in our own backyard.