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Healthy Lawns & Gardens

Healthy Lawn Care Healthy Lawn Care Program for Homeowners (38 page report) Healthy Lawn Care Tips 2013 Earth Friendly Fertilizer List: 2013 Fertilizer Act Amendments - Information for 2012 Earth-Friendly Fertilizers - Participating Retailers 2013 Healthy Lawn Care Program for Watershed Protection- A Guide to Selecting a Lawn Service Healthy Lawn Care Program for Watershed Protection- Endorsed Healthy Lawn Care Companies - 2013	Upcoming Classes / Special Events Composting...for Earth's Sake! (indoor presentation) More Information Wednesday, June 12, 2013 -- 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Red Oaks Nature Center, 30300 Hales, Madison Heights Presented by Lillian Dean Sponsored by Oakland County Parks and Recreation Registration requested to assure a seat: LFDean@aol.com Topics: • Making compost...the easy way • Trouble-shooting; maintenance; compost bin options • Biology of composting...go decomposers! • Using compost for healthy gardens...and watershed protection

Earth-Friendly Home Landscapes	Healthy Lawn & Garden Tip Sheets
Rain Barrel Tip Sheet: Selection, Use, Installation Home Composting (materials, starting the pile, benefits, using compost) Recipe for Earth-Friendly Compost Make Compost the Easy Way - With a Backyard Compost Bin Compost Bin Websites - 2011 List Natural Mulches Benefits of Compost for Water Quality Tips for a Rouge Friendly Landscape Trees for Tomorrow Tree Mulching and Watering Guidelines Native Shrubs for Backyard Biodiversity	Slugs in the Garden Powdery Mildew on Flowers Aphids and Mites Black Spot on Roses Rabbits in the Garden Grubs in the Lawn Scale Insects on Trees and Shrubs Carpenter Ants Indoors


Short Instructional Videos	Rain Gardens and Naturescaping
Healthy Lawns for Watershed Protection The Secret is in The Soil ! Tree Mulching - Video Home Composting - Video Rain Gardens for the Rouge - Video Leaf Mulching in the Fall - Video	Rain Gardens for the Rouge River Rain Garden Maintenance Guide - 2011 Update Rain Garden Sizing for Homeowners: Report by Don Carpenter Naturescaping for the Rouge River 2013 Update How-to-Do-It Guidelines for Home Rain Gardens - Poster

Know Your Watershed	Invasive Plants - Southeast Michigan
Watershed Map - Southeast Oakland County Red Run Subwatershed Map Red Run Subwatershed Pollution Sources	Wanted: Common Buckthorn Wanted: Garlic Mustard Wanted: Tree of Heaven Wanted: Oriental Bittersweet