Tips, tricks, and a quick peek into the everyday life of the conservation district.
Even though it’s a little cold out, residents at Winterhill Apartments in Marysville are excited to get to work in their newly-installed nine raised garden beds. Community gardens can bring neighborhoods together, connecting young and old alike while allowing families to save money and eat healthier.
Read MoreThese handy barrels are pretty amazing. By collecting a valuable resource that literally falls from the sky, they can water your plants and livestock with chlorine-free rainwater, clean your car, bike, tools, etc. without ever using the faucet, and protect local streams and the Puget Sound. Plus, your water bill will thank you.
Read MoreHosting can be a bit stressful, and the last thing you’d want is a septic system failure.
Read MoreLast month began our new Washington Conservation Corps (WCC) Crew’s term. These six young environmental stewards will be with us through September 2020.
Read MoreThe last two months have been incredibly busy for our Urban Stormwater team, and we’ve had a hard time keeping up! From installing rain gardens to teaching rain barrel workshops, our staff is hard at work to offer creative ideas and incentives to help residents, businesses, schools, homeowners associations, cities, and tribes. Here’s a short recap of what they’ve been doing.
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The garden bed sides are short enough for small children to get a hands-on learning experience.
More families will be fed thanks to 6 newly-installed raised garden beds at the Early Childhood Education and Assistance Programs (ECEAP) location in Everett, owned by Volunteers of America.
The ECEAP provides free services like child health coordination and nutrition, family support and parent involvement, and early learning preschool. These raised garden beds will be used to teach children the value of gardening and where their food comes from, and the fresh produce grown on-site will go on to provide healthy, fresh meals for low-income families.
The recycled lumber stripped of nails and coating.
Better yet, these garden beds are made from recycled lumber from Down to Earth Community Gardens. In 2019, the Snohomish Conservation District helped Down to Earth Community Gardens reach almost 300 raised garden beds that have since gone to individual homeowners, apartment complexes, non-profits and food banks.
This lumber, sourced from leftover piles at construction sites and shipping crates, is a great example of how we can reuse our materials to create something new and healthy for the environment and our communities.
*2023 Update* This program was sunsetted in 2019. Thanks for your interest.
If you are interested in having low cost or possibly free rain barrels, please let us know.
A rain barrel that has been painted to match local fauna.
David would love to talk to you! Give him a call at 425-377-7015 or email djackson@snohomishcd.org to learn more.
More information about rain barrels --
https://snohomishcd.org/rain-barrel-program
Here’s the wrap up of Orca Day events in Snohomish Conservation District. We’re excited to see it grow from around 20 volunteers in 2018 to a much larger reach in 2019.
Read MoreWhat used to be a rock and garbage-filled ditch is now a scaled-down riverscape of native flowers, trees and shrubs, complete with several wood ornaments and a bridge that Paul built. The neighbors say they fall asleep to the sound of the stream.
Read MoreWhile our winters are beautiful with clean air and occasional sunny skies, an overabundance of darkness, mud, and manure can overwhelm anyone, and horse boredom is a common issue owners have to deal with.
Read MoreThe news is out: more and more rural Washingtonians are considering renewable energy and energy efficiency options for their farms and small businesses.
Read MoreMarquart Farms provides a bountiful paradise for multiple beehives and pollinator gardens. This urban farmland uses several sustainable agricultural practices like raingardens, three tier composting systems, and collapsible greenhouses with drip irrigation systems.
Read MoreThanks to another complement of volunteers, we were able to harvest a whole lot of sweet corn. Read on to learn how many thousands of pounds!
Read MoreIt’s great several great years at Discovery Elementary School in Mukilteo. This year they received rain cisterns via a Puget Sound Starts at My School grant.
Read MorePlease join us in welcoming Linda Lyshall as our new Executive Director!
Photo credit: Orcas Power & Light Co-Op
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Read MoreStudents benefit from Puget Sounds Starts at My School funding through classroom lessons, practical conversations with engineers and hands-on lessons including planting native plants at their school
Read MoreIf you live in Bothell, and are considering a rain garden, please get in touch with David!
Read MoreCurious how long your donated food and produce will last at the food bank? Check out this list!
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