tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5914810585595300402.post3594415459090756244..comments2024-03-10T03:35:38.987-07:00Comments on Aunt Debbi"s Garden: Do Your Know Your Watershed?Aunt Debbi/kurts momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05663049154538571378noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5914810585595300402.post-889555482065203602009-08-26T21:03:43.407-07:002009-08-26T21:03:43.407-07:00Monica, Good for you. I'm on board now.
Jo...Monica, Good for you. I'm on board now. <br /><br />Joy, Hopefully, we can get our communities to do the same thing. <br /><br />Curmudgeon, You will be amazed. I loved it. <br /><br />Anna, See. Who knew. Y'all can teach me a lot. There were pictures of cows standing in creeks, which is bad, very very bad. Never even thought of that before.Aunt Debbi/kurts momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05663049154538571378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5914810585595300402.post-32489694321787328732009-08-26T20:53:50.545-07:002009-08-26T20:53:50.545-07:00Bragging here--I actually understand watersheds an...Bragging here--I actually understand watersheds and aqueducts really well. And NC has been dealing with water pollution for a long time. <br /><br />In our state it is about the things you listed but it's also about pig farming. All this polluting of the waters was killing a little snail that filters crud out of the streams. The snail suffocated in the muddy waters. <br /><br />This caused a decline in the snail population---which meant animals who lived by the stream suffered---this led to bird populations declining----and this led to tourist decline. <br /><br />One of NC's main resources is tourism. If we didn't clean up the waters, then we lost a lot of money. <br /><br />Money talks and now we have a ton of storm water rules and regulations in place. Farmers plant barriers of filtering plants---and they leave a wide margin between the crops and the water source. <br /><br />Builders have to build holding ponds with specialized layers to leach the impurities out of the water before it runs in to the ground waters. <br /><br />I'm so glad you ask me if I understood watershed. ;) Bravo to you for getting educated about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5914810585595300402.post-63325837913801120092009-08-26T10:48:31.473-07:002009-08-26T10:48:31.473-07:00Our main one is called the Cedar River Watershed. ...Our main one is called the Cedar River Watershed. Hey we're visiting our watershed this fall--apparently they have a great educational center. After reading your post I'm twice as excited about this excursion.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12864042359805755661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5914810585595300402.post-70940378464792617402009-08-26T04:15:33.477-07:002009-08-26T04:15:33.477-07:00Debbie .. I understand that was "information ...Debbie .. I understand that was "information overload" with so much compacted into those hours .. but holy Moses girl !! if only it was reaching MORE people and they got the point of it all ?<br />YES !! ornamental grasses .. cat tails .. mimic what you see in nature for filtering and draining the water .. I am a big fan of these techniques and I can proudly say Kingston has been employing them for a few years now .. it makes a huge impact on the whole water system.<br />Congratulations girl .. you are doing a fantastic job : )<br />JoyCanadianGardenJoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18130452541076704075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5914810585595300402.post-12832333296667915992009-08-25T21:30:56.822-07:002009-08-25T21:30:56.822-07:00Why, yes, I do! I've volunteered a few times f...Why, yes, I do! I've volunteered a few times for the local watershed council and it's amazing how large it is!Monica the Garden Faeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06369882350990949968noreply@blogger.com