Maintaining Wild Tip
by Besa Schweitzer, chapter member
The spring rains are coming, and it is best to work on erosion control before they start.
Clear out any leaves and debris clogging the flow of water starting with the gutters and downspouts.
After the downspout, the water flows towards the rain garden.
Clear out any ditches or pipes. Clean out the overflow area of the rain garden.
Try to absorb as much of the spring rains as possible by creating multiple rain gardens.
One can never have too many raingardens.
Water that cannot be absorbed on site should be encouraged to flow off in a responsible direction, away from the house, and also away from your neighbor’s house.
About our new Maintaining Wild series:
To help you keep up with your native garden care in 2026 we’re posting a maintenance tip each week on our website and on Facebook. These tips will include native garden specific tasks as well as some basic gardening advice.
A new tip will appear weekly on Facebook, on Friday at 1 pm.
To join the discussion, comment on our Facebook page.
Stay tuned for a new garden maintenance tip each week to help get you out into the garden and make 2026 a year for Maintaining Wild. Let’s have a discussion and share our knowledge!
View all tips on a single page: https://stlwildones.org/maintaining-wild-tips/
