In the last three days in Kansas City, it has snowed, sleeted and rained, respectively. It’s St. Patrick’s Day, but there’s nothing green happening here except for the beer flowing in numerous bars around the city.
However, the calendar tells us that warm weather and spring days are around the corner, and many of us will soon devote considerable time, money and energy to one-upping our neighbors in the lawn care department.
Early on, Bruce and I concede defeat to our neighbor Joan, but none the less will visit the garden department at our local Lowe’s store in an attempt to save face. But this spring, we’re looking for more than just crab grass control and fertilizer.
The Lowe’s Garden Club Newsletter has a story and photos from the Lambdin/Meyer team about the 10,000 rain gardens initiative in Kansas City, a fairly impressive effort to minimize run-off and flooding in our storm sewers and waterways. Learn more about it at www.rainkc.com.
So, if you’re shopping at Lowe’s in the coming weeks and months, be it for snow shovels or rain barrels, be sure to pick up a copy of the newsletter. And silently give credit to the Meyers for at least attempting to encourage others with a green thumb, even if the Meyer thumb remains as drab as today’s weather in KC.
And, if you can’t find one in the store, go to http://www.lowescreativeideas.com/outdoorliving/. It will be online soon, and it looks great!
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