Archive for April, 2011

Spring To Do

It’s Really Spring (even though it does not feel like it) It was an early break from winter this year and yet somewhat unseasonably cool weather persists in the NY metro area. After weeks of being in bud, forsythia are finally blooming albeit somewhat reluctantly. The blooming of forsythia in our area indicates that ground [...]

Permeable Surfaces

Preserving Water as a Resource Very recently I was doing a percolation test on a property in Pelham. This test determines the ability of the soil to absorb water. In simple terms involves excavating a 24” hole about 10” wide and filling it with water to measure how fast the soil absorbs the water. One [...]

Storm Water Re-Use

“Waste” Water and Your Landscape The concept of “sustainable” is one that as been argued about for decades. Each group has its own view of sustainable based on its own agenda. In regards to water for example, until  recently, Colorado did not permit gathering  storm water runoff as it was viewed to be what fed [...]