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Why Every City Should Be Planting Rain Gardens

Why Every City Should Be Planting Rain Gardens | Vertical Farm - Food Factory | Scoop.it
They save lots of money - and that's just their most obvious benefit.

 

"Andy Wible’s backyard in Washington, D.C.’s Petworth neighborhood doesn’t look much like a sewerage drain. But his Bayberry, Bee Balm, Iris and Golden Ragwort plants get the job done – and then some. Dug 30 inches* down and filled with a mixture of sand, topsoil and compost, Wible's rain garden draws raindrops tumbling off the roof deep into the soil, purifying them and recharging the groundwater."


Via Karen Russ
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1 Million Pounds of Food Produced on 3 acres

Easy instructions on how you can do this in your own home at: http://aquaponics.wakeup-world.com thanks to Will Allen and Growing Power in Milwaukee, WI.


Via Michael G. Burns
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