Home and Garden Clean Water Practices

• Pet Waste and Water Quality
  Why pet waste is a concern, and what you can do about it.
  home.pet.pdf (714K) (GWQ006) (WT-534)
  
  
  
• Rain Gardens
  
  
  • A household way to improve water quality in your community
    A basic introduction providing information on how rain gardens help protect water quality, and general step-by-step instructions on how to build a rain garden in your yard.
    home.gardens.pdf  (696K) (GWQ034)(WT-731)
    
    
    
  • A how-to manual for homeowners
    A detailed manual that covers rain garden sizing and site, construction details and planting and maintenance. Includes 11 conceptual planting designs with plant species lists.
    home.rgmanual.pdf (3MB) (GQW037)(WT-776)
    
    
    
• Wisconsin Native Plant Sources
  Provides a list of nurseries that sell native plants and seeds, and includes information about restoration and native ecosystems.
  home.lonative.pdf - smaller version (449K)
  home.hinative.pdf - full resolution (735K)(#)(#)
  
  
  
• Yard Care & the Environment Series
  A series of water quality fact sheets for residential areas.
  
  
  
  • Rethinking Yard Care
    Discusses issues related to environmentally sound yard care; stresses thinking about environmental consequences rather than convenience. 8 pages
    home.rethink.pdf (334 K)(GWQ009)(WT-526)
    
    
    
  • Lawn Weed Control
    Explains lawn care practices and targeted weed control methods that reduce use of herbicides. 8 pages
    home.lawnweed.pdf (287 K) (GWQ013)(WT-527)
    
    
    
  • Lawn and Garden Fertilizers
    Describes how improper fertilizer applications can degrade water quality and offers suggestions for proper fertilizer use. 4 pages
    home.lgfert.pdf (281 K) (GWQ002) (WT-528)
    
    
    
  • Lawn & Garden Pesticides
    Describes non-chemical pest control methods and offers tips for environmentally sound pesticide applications. 4 pages
    home.lgpesti.pdf (255K) (GWQ011)(WT-529)
    
    
    
  • Lawn Watering
    Offers ways to save water while producing healthy, attractive lawns. 4 pages
    home.lawnwat.pdf (307 K) (GWQ012)(WT-530)
    
    
    
  • Managing Leaves & Yard Trimmings
    Discusses environmentally sound and practical methods, short of formal composting, for managing yard "wastes." 12 pages
    home.managlt.pdf (730K) (GWQ022)(WT-490-97)
    
    
    
  • Shoreline Plants & Landscaping
    Describes the benefits of natural landscaping in place of lawns along shorelines and streambanks, and provides an extensive list of trees, shrubs and ground layer plants suitable for lands bordering streams and lakes in Wisconsin. 16 pages
    home.shorlpl.pdf (555 K) (GWQ014)(WR-461-94)

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