Healthy Lawns & Gardens

Healthy Lawn Care Healthy Lawn Care Program for Homeowners (38 page report) Healthy Lawn Care Tips Earth Friendly Fertilizer List: Lawn Fertilizer Application Tips: LESS IS MORE! Fertilizer Act Amendments - Information for 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	Upcoming Classes / Special Events Upcoming Classes/Special Events Home Composting Demonstrations at the SOCWA Gardens Through the year, SOCWA volunteers offer demonstrations re. making and using compost for healthy gardens. For an event schedule and further information, please contact: Lillian Dean Healthy Gardens Project Coordinator LFDean2@gmail.com

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 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 ! Rain Gardens for the Rouge River Leaf Mulching in the Fall Turning Over a New (Old) Leaf Beyond Buckthorn Tree Mulching - Video Home Composting - Video	Rain Gardens for the Rouge River Rain Garden Maintenance Guide Rain Garden Sizing for Homeowners: Report by Don Carpenter Naturescaping for the Rouge River 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 The Seven Simple Steps to Clean Water Riparian Education	Wanted: Common Buckthorn Wanted: Garlic Mustard Wanted: Tree of Heaven Wanted: Oriental Bittersweet Wanted: Multiflora Rose Wanted: Japanese Barberry