Boost Your Soils Productivity
by Jerry Raynor, NRCS State Conservationist Have you ever seen white crusts on soil in Indiana? Yes, it is what you think. Soils can be salty. That’s because salts [...]
Making Compost Tea
By John Hazlett, SWCD District Manager Every year around Thanksgiving I enjoy another tradition at home-brewing compost tea for my native trees and shrubs. Generally, I tend to land [...]
Eagle Creek Demo Garden Fall 2021
by Kevin Allison, Soil Health Specialist Fall 2021 This post demonstrates 3 strategies that I found to be particularly useful at the SWCD garden this year. Cereal Rye > [...]
SWCD Tree Sales for Conservation
While the Marion County SWCD will not be hosting a tree sale this fall 2021 you can still purchase trees and shrubs which will provide funding for conservation work [...]
SWCD Plants 100 Native Trees with Mud Creek Conservancy District
Our district recently partnered with the Mud Creek Conservancy District to plant 100 native trees at the Sargent Road Nature Park property recently acquired by the Conservancy District. More [...]
Workshops for a Cleaner Waterway
Our district is teaming up with ROW (Reconnecting to Our Waterways), Kheprw Institute and The City League to offer Rain Garden and Rain Barrel Build workshops this summer! Made possible [...]
How To Find Out What Watershed You Live In
Many people are unfamiliar with the term “watershed” - but whether we know the word or not, each one of us lives in a watershed! So what is a [...]
Eagle Creek Demo Garden – Spring 2021
by Kevin Allison, Soil Health Specialist Spring 2021 The SWCD Eagle Creek Demonstration Garden is an educational space for no-till gardening and soil health practices such as crop rotation, cover [...]
Celebrate Ag Day!
Today, March 23rd is National Ag Day, a day in which we join together to recognize the importance and contributions of agriculture to society. This year the theme is [...]
Aquarium Owners- watch for zebra muscles in moss balls
Zebra mussels, which are an aquatic invasive species, have been found in Marimo moss balls, a product sold at many aquarium and pet supply stores. Zebra mussels have the [...]