Recent Posts
- Living With and Preparing For Wildfires May 1, 2022
- Carbon Gardening: A Dirt Simple Solution to Climate Change April 1, 2022
- A thirsty burglar or a dripping faucet? Either way you may be losing precious resources March 1, 2022
- Dog Doo Dilemma February 1, 2022
- Stormwater Runoff January 1, 2022
- If a Creek Could Talk December 1, 2021
- Make a Move to Native and Drought Tolerant Plantings November 1, 2021
- The Bioretention Geek October 1, 2021
- Enjoy pollinators in your garden, Avoid Neonics September 22, 2021
- Creek Week 2021 – Ways to Get Involved with Protecting Our Creeks September 1, 2021
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Eight Water Conservation Tips and Tricks
/in Environmental Columns /by SabrinaOn average, each Californian uses about 85 gallons of water every day, but it depends on the season. In winter months, it’s as low as 60 gallons per day and in summer months, it’s as high as 110 gallons per day. That’s between 12 and 22 of those 5‑gallon water cooler jugs, every day for […]
Keep Our Cars and Our River Clean
/in Environmental Columns /by SabrinaClean Car, Dirty Creek Common sense tells us that you can’t get something clean without getting something else dirty. Depending on how you wash your car, you may be trading a clean car for a dirty creek. The dirt, oil and grease that flows off your fresh clean car often flows into the street, storm […]
Earth Day 2021 – List of Events
/in Environmental Columns /by SabrinaThe COVID-19 pandemic will affect most events. Please check with the organizer or this blog regularly. Any updates will be posted as soon as they are available. Santa Rosa Earth Day April 22 from 11 am-2 pm Place to Play Community Park in Santa Rosa. To prevent the spread of COID-19, this is a drive-thru […]
D.I.Y. pesticides…. Are they safe?
/in Environmental Columns /by SabrinaI was on a call with a friend the other day. She just happened to mention how she has been spraying newly developing weeds growing in the cracks of her walkway with the widely popular vinegar, dish detergent and salt recipe. Wonderful that she was getting a jump start on the young weeds, since the […]
Save Water As If Your Life Depends On It
/in Environmental Columns /by Sabrina“Every drop counts.” “Use water wisely.” “There’s never enough to waste.” “Our future in every drop.” “Save water, rain or shine.” Those of us in the water industry are always looking for new ways to ask our customers to save, conserve, and never waste water. And we do that for good reason. We live in […]
Too Much Fertilizer
/in Environmental Columns /by SabrinaFertilizer is food for plants which need a variety of nutrients to grow and thrive. While we humans get our nutrients from different foods we eat, plants get most of their nutrients from the soil. Sometimes soils don’t have the nutrients necessary for plants to grow and thrive, so we apply chemical fertilizers and animal […]