Spotlight on Lake Saving Yards
An
An on-going
on-going showcase
showcase of of exemplary
exemplary yards
yards that
that were
were designed
designed by
by the
the homeowners
homeowners with
with lake
lake protection
protection in
in mind.
mind.
By
By Erin
Erin Johnson,
Johnson, Friends
Friends of of the
the Lake
Lake
As
As development
development increases
increases in in Lake
Lake Linganore,
Linganore, all
all of of us,
us, association
association and
and homeowners
homeowners alike,
alike, are
are called
called upon
upon to increase efforts
to to reduce
reduce erosion
erosion and
and prevent
prevent polluted
polluted runoff
runoff from
from reaching
reaching the
the lakes
lakes and
and other
other waterways.
waterways. Stormwater
Stormwater Management
Practices
such
as
terraces,
swales,
rain
gardens,
rain
barrels,
and
permeable
walkways
and
steps
Practices such as terraces, swales, rain gardens, rain barrels, and permeable walkways and steps on
on private
private land can slow
down
down and
and filter
filter stormwater
stormwater runoff.
runoff. Other
Other best
best practices
practices include
include reduced
reduced fertilizer
fertilizer and
and insecticide
insecticide use
use and cutting grass
grow
no
shorter
than
2
inches.
grow no shorter than 2 inches.
This
This month,
month, we
we feature
feature the
the work
work of of Jay
Jay King
King of of North
North Shore.
Shore. When
When Jay
Jay moved
moved into
into his
his home
home in
in 1992,
1992, most homeowners
like
like him
him did
did not
not think
think about
about the
the impact
impact of of polluted
polluted runoff
runoff on
on our
our lakes.
lakes. When
When Jay
Jay began
began gardening
gardening in earnest, he was
mostly
motivated
by
the
pleasure
of
“digging
in
the
dirt”.
mostly motivated by the pleasure of “digging in the dirt”.
Jay’s
Jay’s backyard
backyard was
was one
one big
big slope
slope down
down to to the
the lake
lake with
with nothing
nothing to
to stop
stop the
the runoff.
runoff. Over
Over the
the years,
years, he
he has broken up the
expansion
expansion of of lawn
lawn with
with long
long terraces.
terraces.
Pictured
Pictured below:
below: Two
Two terraces
terraces frame
frame a a long
long swath
swath of of shaggy
shaggy grass.
grass. The
The right
right side
side leads
leads down
down to
to Jay’s
Jay’s dock.
dock. Both
Both sides
sides contain permeable
steps to to filter
filter runoff.
runoff.
steps
LakeTalk August
August 2017
2017
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