Keep up your great work in trying to help clean our waters. Happy Earth Day

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I received my copy of the Lynnhaven River Now newsletter today. I must compliment them on a very informative insert relating to Rethinking our Lawns. For those who read my blog and do not receive the Newsletter are missing reading a real gem. There are many wonderful and practical tips on lawn care and saving our rivers and bay.One thing I would like to point out is that you do not have to live on the water to be an influence on clean water. All of us who have a lawn should follow these wonderful tips because as fertilizers and pesticides run off our lawn after a heavy rain, they flow to the storm drains and eventually into our rivers.There has been some good news about the condition of the Chesapeake Bay but more work is needed by all residents.

In future post, I will elaborate on the lawn tips.

Please become aware of the Chesapeake Clean Water and Ecosystem Restoration Act that is pending in the congress and the senate. Contact your congressmen and senators to voice your support.

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I hope everyone had a chance to read my last post concerning soil testing. If you haven’t taken your sample , there is still time this spring to do so.

Your next step is to determine what type of grass you are growing. Generally, if your lawn is brown this winter you have a warm season grass, if most of your lawn is some shade of green, you have a cool season grass. Warm season grasses include bermudagrass, zoysiagrass, St Augustine, and centipedegrass. Cool season grass include Kentucky bluegrass, tall fescue, and fine fescue.

Whether you determine you have a warm or cool season lawn, please do not be tempted to fertilize your lawn in the spring. You can save on the cost of fertilizers and help reduce the amount of pollutants going into the rivers and bays.

Warm season grasses should fertilized in the late spring and and summer and cool season grasses should be fertilized in the late summer and fall.

For more details visit your local extension web site or office. I will follow with more information in future posts.

Please help to keep our waters clean.

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Another setback for a set of new stormwater regulations and the Chesapeake Bay

As reported in the Virginia Pilot on Wednesday January 20, 2010 the Virginia Board of Soil and Water Conservation has voted to put on hold the the new regulations that would improve the health of the Chesapeake Bay that then Governor Kaine had signed off on just prior to leaving office. Last weeks action will require the regulations to undergo another round of public comments prior to any approval by Governor McDonnell.

See Bay Bound Jan. 2010 for a more detail explanation.  Follow the progress in future post.

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