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June 06, 2006
I finally processed some of the many pictures we have taken. This is what you have been waiting for, so check out the Spring 2006 and Rain Garden picture sets.
The Spring 2006 pictures show what our yard looks like when it first wakes up from a long winter. There is not a lot to see, but we were very excited to see the plants coming back. The purpose of showing these pictures is to document the entire lifecycle of Native Suburbia. Everyone always shows beautiful flowering prairies when they talk about this kind of landscaping. We wanted to show the ups and downs associated with establishing a native landscape.
The Rain Garden project is something we did to make better use of the water coming off the roof and from the ground via our sump pump. Instead of shuttling the water "away", we diverted it into a depression that we fondly refer to as "The Pond". This created a new type of habitat in our yard where plants that like it a little wetter could thrive. Instead of taxing the storm drains in our area we are letting nature do the water reclamation for us. The plants are young right now, but we can already see that they are making a difference in taking up the water that would normally keep draining back into the basement. Perhaps you will be inspired to do something like this in your yard. It is both beautiful and useful.
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