Pictured above: The top
top terrace
terrace is is deep
deep and
and Jay
Jay is is now
now expanding
expanding it.
it. You
You can
can see
see the
the stock
stock pile
pile of of stone
stone in in preparation
preparation for
for extending
extending the
the
wall and building a rain
rain garden.
garden. Jay
Jay harvested
harvested the
the stones
stones from
from development
development sites
sites and
and the
the dump!
dump! He
He keeps
keeps the
the beds
beds heavily
heavily mulched.
mulched.
Pictured right: Jay has
has started
started to
to build
build a a stream
stream bed
bed from
from
the corner of his deck
deck down
down to
to a a rain
rain garden
garden and
and has
has
lined the bed with Delaware
River
stone.
You
can
see
the
Delaware River stone. You can see the
indentation where the
the rain
rain garden
garden will
will be
be built.
built. He
He will
will
copy that design on the
the other
other side
side of
of his
his yard.
yard. These
These rain
rain
gardens will filter hundreds
hundreds of
of gallons
gallons of
of runoff
runoff in
in each
each
storm.
Jay commented, “The
“The satisfaction
satisfaction for
for me
me has
has been
been
doing it myself and using
using found
found materials.
materials. Plus
Plus I I
know my efforts are helping
to
protect
the
lake”.
helping to protect the lake”.
For those of us not as
as motivated
motivated as
as Jay
Jay King,
King, we
we can
can
take
take advantage
advantage of
of the
the LLA
LLA Waterside
Waterside Buffer
Buffer Rebate
Rebate
program
program that
that rewards
rewards homeowners
homeowners for
for making
making a a
plan
plan and
and completing
completing it it within
within six
six months.
months. The
The
rebate
helps
to
offset
some
of
the
cost.
rebate helps to offset some of the cost.
The
The 2018
2018 program
program is
is now
now open
open for
for applications.
applications.
There
There are
are only
only ten
ten spots
spots available.
available. You
You can
can read
read the
the
requirements,
apply
and
get
lots
of
help
at
https://
requirements, apply and get lots of help at https://
www.lakelinganore.org/waterside-buffer-program/.
www.lakelinganore.org/waterside-buffer-program/.
For
For 2018,
2018, we
we have
have expanded
expanded eligibility
eligibility beyond
beyond
properties
right
on
the
lake.
Any
homeowner
properties right on the lake. Any homeowner
whose
whose land
land contributes
contributes runoff
runoff to
to the
the lake
lake from
from
streets
above
may
also
apply.
streets above may also apply.
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