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Planting the rain garden is the fun part! A number of planting designs and lists of suggested plants are included at the end of this publication. Use these for ideas, but don’t be afraid to be creative – there’s no single best way to plant a rain garden. Anyone who has ever done any gardening will have no problem planting a rain garden, but a few basic reminders are listed below.
While rain gardens are a highly functional way to help protect water quality, they are also gardens and should be an attractive part of your yard and neighborhood. Think of the rain garden in the context of your home’s overall landscape design. Here are a few tips:
The surface area of the rain garden can be almost any size, but time and cost will always be important considerations in sizing decisions. Any reasonably sized rain garden will provide some storm water runoff control. A typical residential rain garden ranges from 100 to 300 square feet. Rain gardens can be smaller than 100 square feet, but very small gardens have little plant variety. If a rain garden is larger than 300 square feet it takes a lot more time to dig, is more difficult to make level, and could be hard on your budget.
Home rain gardens can be in one of two places – near the house to catch only roof runoff or farther out on the lawn to collect water from the lawn and roof.
Homeowners in many parts of the country are catching on to rain gardens – land-scaped areas planted to wild flowers and other native vegetation that soak up rain water, mainly from the roof of a house or other building. The rain garden fills with a few inches of water after a storm and the water slowly filters into the ground rather than running off to a storm drain. Compared to a conventional patch of lawn, a rain garden allows about 30% more water to soak into the ground.
Student Hurt in Discovery Middle School Shooting – A ninth grade student was shot in the head by a fellow ninth grade student at the Discovery Middle School at Madison, AL at around 1:46pm. A news conference will be held by the city leaders and the police at 4:30pm to tackle the details of the Discovery Middle School shooting. Check out the WHNT NEWS for the live coverage of the conference that will be held at the Madison Fire Station 2, just across the street from Discovery Middle School.
Below are specific instructions for proper operation of your new Zhu Zhu Pet.
Pet Codes
The pet is equipped with a proprietary code reader. This reader allows the pet to react to the different locations inside the Zhu Zhu Pets™ environments. The Zhu Zhu Pets™ Fun House and add on sets are sold separately. The code reader has no function outside of the play sets.
Cepia LLC is the manufacturer behind the much hyped Zhu Zhu Pets range of children’ toys. From their beginnings in 2002, the company has really focused their efforts on producing affordable, fun toys that push the boundaries of technological advancement. The company has a history of successful toys, including Glo-e, Hydro Max and Sky Raptors. However, it is without doubt that the latest range of Zhu Zhu Pets toys (often misspelled Zoo Zoo Pets toys and even Zu Zhu Pets toys) is currently catapulting the company to a whole new level of success. The lineup at the moment only includes hamster pet toys, but if the surge in demand is any indication, it shouldn’t be long before we see Cepia releasing other pet toys.
I don’t claim to be an avid Apple fan, although I have owned numerous iPods and currently use an iPhone which I’ve been very impressed by. However, like many people, my curiosity and liking of gadgetry tech drew me towards the events that were to be announced yesterday night by Apple’s CEO, Steve Jobs.
