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Kendall Weekly TimesThank you for allowing us to keep you with the Times.
Great Flood of 2013 by Jennifer Flowers
Residents of the Fox Valley were bomb
bared with record fall of rain in April
18th that caused much of the Fox Valley
and other areas of Northern Illinois to
be u under water. For many residents
the !ood left them in Dire Straits. e
Kendall County FEMA Agency is work‐
ing to take the information the !ooding
issue if you would like to add your name
please read the following information
from the Kendall County FEMA . “Resi‐
dents & businesses are asked to report
damage to the Kendall County Emer‐
gency Management
Agency
Last ursday, April 18th, Kendall
County experienced an extremely high
amount of rainfall and
localized !ooding issues. In addition
many homes have experienced base‐
ment !ooding and property
damage.
Kendall County is participating with the
State of Illinois to conduct an initial
damage assessment to
determine if federal $nancial assistance
is available. We request that Kendall
County residents and
businesses who had !ooding or received
damage due to the rain storm and
!ooding on April 17 & 18,
call the Kendall County Emergency
Management Agency. You’ll be asked to
provide the following
information:
Address & apartment/unit number (if
applicable)
Whether the property is a single family,
multifamily, mobile home, or business
Whether you own or rent the property
e peak depth of !ooding in the base‐
ment
e peak depth of !ooding on the 1st
!oor
Whether or not the basement is a living
area ($nished)
Insurance information: Homeowners,
Renters, or Flood
Whether or not there was any struc‐
tural damage
e cause of the !ooding (river, sump
pump failure, or sewer backup)
ere is no guarantee of federal $nan‐
cial assistance being made available, but
collecting this data is
the $rst step toward determining if
Kendall County and the State of Illinois
are eligible.
Please call (630) 553-4500 by Tuesday,
April 30th at 4:30 p.m. if you had !ood‐
ing and/or damage
due to the storm.
For residents that had !ooding, we rec‐
ommend that you remove !ood dam‐
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aged carpet, furniture,
drywall, etc. as soon as possible to pre‐
vent the spread of bacteria and harmful
mold.”
e State has declared a disaster area
and the County and the State are wait‐
ing for the President to declare a federal
Disaster Area this will take 30 days for
the process.
DEA Sponsored Prescription Drug Take Back Event
On April 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Montgomery Police Department and
the Drug Enforcement Administration
(DEA) will give the public its sixth op‐
portunity in three years to prevent pill
abuse and theft by ridding their homes
of potentially dangerous expired, un‐
used, and unwanted prescription drugs.
Bring your medications for disposal to
the Montgomery Police Department at
10 Civic Center Ave in Montgomery, IL.
e service is free and anonymous, no
questions asked.
Last September, Americans turned in
244 tons of prescription drugs at over
5,200 sites operated by the DEA and its
thousands of state and local law en‐
forcement partners. In its $ve previous
Take Back events, DEA and its partners
took in over 2 million pounds—over a
thousand tons—of pills.
is initiative addresses a vital public
safety and public health issue.
Medicines that languish in home cabi‐
nets are highly susceptible to diversion,
misuse, and abuse. Rates of prescrip‐
tion drug abuse in the U.S. are alarm‐
ingly high, as are the number of acci‐
dental poisonings and overdoses due to
these drugs. Studies show that a majori‐
ty of abused prescription drugs are ob‐
tained from family and friends, includ‐
ing from the home medicine cabinet. In
addition, Americans are now advised
that their usual methods for disposing
of unused medicines—!ushing them
down the toilet or throwing them in the
trash—both pose potential safety and
health hazards.
Four days after the $rst event, Congress
passed the Secure and Responsible
Drug Disposal Act of 2010, which
amends the Controlled Substances Act
to allow an “ultimate user” of controlled
substance medications to dispose of
them by delivering them to entities au‐
thorized by the Attorney General to ac‐
cept them. e Act also allows the At‐
torney General to authorize long term
care facilities to dispose of their resi‐
dents’ controlled substances in certain
instances. DEA is drafting regulations
to implement the Act. Until new regula‐
tions are in place, local law enforcement
agencies like [agency] and the DEA will
continue to hold prescription drug take-
back events every few months.
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YARD WASTE PICK-UP REMINDER
e City of Joliet and Waste Manage‐
ment would like to remind residents of
some important refuse collection infor‐
mation. Each home is provided with a
96-gallon cart for refuse. Additional
refuse must be placed in containers that
are no greater than 32 gallons in size
and don’t exceed
50 pounds. All refuse should be proper‐
ly contained to prevent littering. It is
advised that
residents place garbage in bags before
placing it in the refuse cart.
Each home is also provided with a 96-
gallon cart for recycling. Residents can
recycle a number
of materials including: cardboard and
chipboard; books, catalogs, and maga‐
zines; newspapers;
dairy and juice containers; paper; glass
bottles and jars, plastic bottles and con‐
tainers No. 1 to
5; aluminum foil and cans; and tin or
steel cans. Be sure to rinse all contain‐
ers and dispose of
caps before recycling. Residents need to
keep their containers in their garage,
the side of the
house, or in the back yard, and not in
the front yard or anywhere in front of
the house.
Yard waste such as grass clippings,
leaves, tree branches, and brush is col‐
lected April 1, 2013,
through December 6, 2013. Brush and
branches must be cut into 4-foot
lengths and bundled.
Yard waste must be properly packaged
in Kraft yard waste bags and/or a Waste
Management
yard waste cart. Sod, trees, stumps,
dirt, stones, and landscape brick/pavers
are not accepted.
Dedicated yard waste containers must
have a !orescent “YARD WASTE ONLY”
New Village President and Board Members to be Sworn In on May 13th
On April 9th, voters in Montgomery
elected a new Village President and
three Trustees. e new President-Elect
is Matthew T. Brolley, who has been on
the Board of Trustees since 2011. e
three newly elected members of the
Board of Trustees are Denny Lee, Steve
R. Jungermann and eresa Sperling.
is will be the fourth term in office for
Lee, who has served on the Board of
Trustees since 2001. Jungermann and
Sperling are new to the Village Board,
both having served previously on the
Village’s Plan Commission.
President-Elect Brolley will replace the
current Village President, Marilyn
Michelini, a long-time Board member
who has served as Village President
since 2001 and did not run for re-elec‐
tion. Other departing Board members
are Trustee William C. Keck, who
served on the Board of Trustees for 20
years, and Andrew J. Kaczmarek, Jr.,
who served on the Board for four years.
ese departing Board members were
recognized with plaques commemorat‐
ing their years of service at the April 22,
2013 Village Board meeting.
e newly elected President and
Trustees will be sworn into office at the
Village Board Meeting at 7:00 p.m. on
Monday, May 13, 2013 at the Village
Hall. e meeting is open to the public
and all are invited to attend.
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Village Announces Special Refuse Collection
e Village will sponsor a special refuse
collection this Saturday, April 27 to as‐
sist residents with cleanup after last
week’s storms and !ooding. Residents
will be able to place an unlimited
amount of refuse curbside by 6 am on
Saturday for collection. is refuse can
include garbage, furniture, white goods,
etc. All garbage must be packaged prop‐
erly. Carpet must be cut and rolled into
4-foot lengths. Each roll must not
weigh more than 50 pounds. All carpet‐
ing and padding must be secured with
tape or string. Small, contained,
amounts of construction debris will be
picked up.
Please note: recycling, yard waste, and
sandbags will not be collected on Satur‐
day, April 27th.
Residents can schedule a pickup of un‐
wanted electronics by contacting Vin‐
tage Tech Recyclers at 866-631-1707.
Sandbag Disposal
e Village will begin picking up and
disposing of sandbags this Friday, April
26th. is work will continue during
regular weekdays until all of the sand‐
bags have been removed. Residents
should move all unwanted sandbags to
the parkway. Please note: Over 30,000
sandbags have been distr ibuted
throughout the community and it may
take up to two weeks to collect all of the
sandbags.
Damage Assessment
If you experienced !ooding in your
home, please e-mail your name,
address, and phone number to the
Building Department. ey are assem‐
bling a list of all of the homes that had
!ooding.
Red Cross Disaster Cleanup Kits Available
Red Cross Cleanup Kits are now avail‐
a b l e a t t h e P l a i n$ e l d P o l i c e
Department, 14300 Coil Plus Drive. e
FREE kits include cleaning supplies
(brooms, mop, bucket, bleach, etc.) and
are available for pickup anytime.
Storm Cleanup
Click here to read the Village's Press Re‐
lease regarding Storm Cleanup which
includes information on cleaning !ood‐
ed areas in your home and Tetanus Vac‐
cination Information from the Will
County Health Department.
Vision for Division
e Vision for Division is complete! To
learn more about this innovative
project or to view the plan and illustra‐
t i o n s , r e s i d e n t s c a n v i s i t
visiondivision.civicartworks.com.
Posters showcasing the plan are also
available for sale at Village Hall.
Police Records To Close Early April 25
e Police Department's Records Office
will close at 5:30 pm on April 25th.
Sidewalk Work
Work is underway on the Van Dyke
Road sidewalk connection, from Village
Center Drive to Ottawa Street. e
project should be complete by the end
of April with most of the work occur‐
ring off the roadway.
Pace Service To Expand
Pace is adding service on Routes 755 &
855 which depart from Plain$eld. Infor‐
mation on the expanded service, which
includes mid-day trips, is availableon‐
line. e new service begins on May
6th.
Yard Waste Pickup
Yard waste collection has resumed and
will continue through November. Please
make sure that all yard waste is properly
packaged in kraft yard waste bags and/
or a Waste Management yard waste
cart. Sod, trees, stumps, dirt, stones,
and landscape brick/pavers are not ac‐
cepted as yard waste. For more informa‐
tion, click here to read the Waste Man‐
agement Brochure or call (800)
796-9696.
Coffee with the Mayor - May 8
Please join Mayor Collins for coffee and
conversation on Wednesday, May 8,
2013 at 9 am at the Village Hall, 24401
W. Lockport Street. All residents are in‐
vited.
Experts to Offer Landscaping Advice at May Green Village Workshop
If you have a problem area in your yard
or need some advice on a landscaping
project, the May Green Village Lecture
Series program is just for you! On May
13th, at 7 pm, at the Plain$eld Public
Library, a team of landscaping experts
will be on hand for a “drop in” landscap‐
ing design workshop to provide individ‐
ual counseling and advice. Residents are
encouraged to bring photographs, mea‐
surements, and sketches of their areas
of need. Master gardeners and experi‐
enced landscapers will be available from
7-8 pm to provide one-on-one consulta‐
tions. To register to attend, click here.
Volunteers Sought for Plain"eld’s DuPage River Sweep May 18th
e DuPage River Sweep will be held in
the Plain$eld area on Saturday, May 18,
from 9 am to noon. Individuals,
families, scout groups, and other orga‐
nizations are invited to register for this
fun volunteer opportunity. Volunteers
help remove debris and litter from the
DuPage River and tributary areas to im‐
prove water quality, reduce !ood risk,
and enhance safety. To participate, con‐
tact Jonathan Proulx, Plain$eld Plan‐
ning Department, at (815) 609-6139 by
May 10 or visitwww.conservationplain‐
$eld.com for more information and the
registration form.
Village Offers Free Social Media Seminar for Business Owners
e Village, in conjunction with Joliet
Junior College and the Illinois Small
Business Development Center, is
pleased to offer the local business com‐
munity a FREE seminar, "Using Social
M e d i a t o P r o m o t e Y o u r
Business" (Tuesday, May 21 at 9-11
am). e seminar will be held at Village
Hall and registration is required. To reg‐
ister,click here.
50 years along the Lincoln Highway: 1913-1963 Bus Tour
On Saturday, May 18, join fellow Lin‐
coln Highway enthusiasts and car buffs
on a guided tour along the historic Lin‐
coln Highway that will follow the fa‐
mous roadway through Aurora, Oswego,
and Plain$eld. Guides will share stories
of the roadway’s construction, history,
and notable sites during this day-long
tour. Click here for details and ticket in‐
formation. For more info, email or call
Tina Beaird 630-554-3883.
or “Y” sticker
on the container and be clearly visible
from the street. ese “YARD WASTE
ONLY” or “Y”
stickers are available, free of charge, at
all Dominick’s and Jewel stores in the
City of Joliet and
the Joliet Municipal Building at the In‐
formation Desk. Yard waste containers
must contain only
yard waste. State law prohibits collec‐
tion of mixed loads of yard waste and
other refuse.
To dispose of needles or sharps that are
used for self-injection (i.e. insulin
shots), it is currently
permissible to discard them with your
regular garbage as long as a rigid con‐
tainer (such as a
milk jug, coffee container, or laundry
detergent bottle) sealed with duct tape
is used. Waste
Management also offers a residential
medical waste collection service. Visit
www.wm.com for
more information.
All items, including yard waste, must be
placed at the curb no later than 7:00
AM the day of collection. For special
collection and recycling event informa‐
tion, visit www.willcountygreen.com.
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Senior News by Pat Feeley
Jump-Start Your Career Change
By Ian Christie, Monster Contributing
Writer {submited via email}
e prospect of changing careers is both
exhilarating and daunting. If you know
exactly what you want to pursue, don't
become stymied by the enormous chal‐
lenges the career-change process
presents. Employ these powerful strate‐
gies to make that career change a
reality.
Determine Your Leverage Points
Inventory the skills and experiences
you can leverage in your career switch.
Examples include:
• Company Type: Leverage your
knowledge about the kinds of compa‐
nies you've worked for. Nonpro$t orga‐
nizations have certain similarities. So
do family-owned or owner-operated
businesses and, to a certain degree,
public companies.
• Transferable Skills: In most
cases, skills you've honed in one career
will be relevant in the next. Project
management, team leadership, sales,
customer service, analytical capabilities,
problem solving, hiring, training and
numerous other abilities are all com‐
mon transferable skills.
• Experience: Use any startup,
shutdown, merger, product launch or
corporate crisis you've lived through as
leverage when you talk to companies
dealing with similar issues.
• Job Environment: If you've ever
worked in a pressure-cooker environ‐
ment, you'll be no stranger to a similar
environment in another industry. e
same will be true if you've ever dealt
with unions, worked for an en‐
trepreneur or worked without supervi‐
sion.
• Networks: Leverage your current
relationships to $nd entry points into
your new $eld. All it takes is a different
type of conversation to get started. Ask
contacts what they know and whom
they know related to the $eld you want
to enter. Follow up on their leads, and
you'll make progress quickly.
State Your Case Effectively
Be sure you have strong, valid reasons
to change careers. If you know why you
want to make the change and what you
stand to gain from it, you'll increase
your odds of success considerably. Also,
be sure you can articulate those reasons
to potential employers and explain
what's in it for them. Employers don't
want to feel like you're running away
from something.
Find the Logical Entry Point
Often, a certain role or company will
serve as a natural transition into your
new $eld. Bolster your chances of get‐
ting hired by using your leverage points
to identify where you best $t.
Avoid Overanalysis
Developing a strong understanding of
yourself is imperative to managing your
career change, but avoid analysis paraly‐
sis. You cannot think your way to a ca‐
reer change; eventually, you must act.
Connect with People in Your Target
Field
When you're changing careers, your re‐
sume is less useful as a marketing tool.
For that reason, building your network
becomes even more critical. Connect
with people in your target $eld to vali‐
date your interest and learn about op‐
portunities.
Make an Impression
On interviews, be the standout candi‐
date by talking up the actions you've
taken that prove your commitment to
the $eld. Reveal your industry knowl‐
edge, and mention industry events
you've attended or industry associa‐
tions where you volunteer. If you write
an industry-related blog, reference that
as well. You could even present a white
paper on an industry issue you've re‐
searched or a business plan that demon‐
strates the value you could bring to the
organization.
Your goal is to make potential employ‐
ers see you as someone already in their
industry and in it to stay, regardless of
whether they hire you. Don't leave the
impression that if they don't hire you,
you will do something else.
Moonlight
One tangible way to start your career
change is through freelance or part-
time jobs. Such work builds your re‐
sume and lets you test the waters in
your new $eld.
Concrete steps such as these create mo‐
mentum for your career change,
demonstrate your commitment to po‐
tential employers and validate your
plan.
Moving Forward Financially after the
Loss of a Spouse Becoming a widow or
widower at any age can be one of the
most difficult challenges a person must
face. Not only is therethe emotional
loss of a husband/wife, but also the task
of handling everything -- including all
the $nances without the help of a
spouse. Even if you always handled your
family's $nances, the number of $nan‐
cial and legal matters that have to be
settled in the weeks and months follow‐
ing your loved one's death can be over‐
whelming. Learn about the short and
long term needs, as well as steps to take
to move ahead $nancially by attending
our continuing series on $nancial edu‐
cation.
Old Second Bank and Edward Jones will
discuss various options and informa‐
tion you will need to know. Please join
us on Tuesday, May 14th at 10:30 am at
the Oswego Senior Center, 156 E.
Washington St., Oswego. Program is
free. Call and let us know if you will at‐
tend, 630-554-5602 or stop in at our
center for more information on this and
other programs. Also visit our website
at www.oswegoseniorcenter.org
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Selling Up-and-Coming Neighborhoods
by Meg White
Real estate professionals are often en‐
grossed in hot and happening ‘hoods in
their market. But what about struggling
areas of town that could use a promo‐
tional push?
Neighborhood developers and promot‐
ers at the American Planning Associa‐
tion’s national conference, held in
Chicago this week, addressed this issue
in a session titled “Neighborhood Mar‐
keting to Rebuild Market Demand.”
Here are a few tips from these experts
on how to market less trendy and thriv‐
ing parts of a community more effec‐
tively.
Focus on the Positive
All participants in this session repeat‐
edly emphasized this same point. Start
by asking residents how they feel about
their community assets and pull from
those responses some of the crown jew‐
els of the neighborhood. What makes
the area special? What are the particu‐
lar points of pride for both long-term
and newer inhabitants?
It’s not always easy to $nd the gems,
but if you ask residents what they love
about their neighborhood, you can
sometimes form an entire marketing
campaign from their responses. For ex‐
ample, while the instability that
plagued the Chicago neighborhood of
West Humboldt Park was deleterious to
the neighborhood’s self-perception, res‐
idents still had a great deal of pride on a
block-by-block level.
John Groene, Neighborhood Housing
Services of Chicago’s neighborhood di‐
rector for West Humboldt Park, said
that fact helped them choose a tagline
that represents their community. e
tagline, “Get in your starting block,” is a
call for people who are ready to set
down residential or commercial roots to
consider investing in the neighborhood.
“It’s a call to action,” he said. “It’s sup‐
posed to evoke the pride in blocks in
t h e W e s t H u m b o l d t P a r k
neighborhood.”
Apply Branding Basics
Work with creative agencies or individ‐
uals to create a logo, as well as a tagline.
But don't let these important elements
gather dust on letterhead. Whenever
possible, work to integrate branding el‐
ements into events and other program‐
ming.
For example, the tagline created for the
Middle Main neighborhood in Pough‐
keepsie, N.Y., “just a little off-center,”
referred both to the area’s geography as
well as the hip, creative, quirky image
that neighborhood advocates wanted to
cultivate.
Hudson River Housing Director of Or‐
ganizational Development Elizabeth
Druback-Celaya says that, while their
tagline was somewhat controversial at
$rst, they used it to promote wellness
walks in the neighborhood (“Walk Mid‐
dle Main: Take a little off your center”)
as well as their Middle Main laboratory
site (“Creative solutions are a little off
center”).
Make It Easy to Connect
Ed Barlow, director of client services for
municipal branding consultancy North
Star Strategies, says that while it’s easy
to get caught up in your own marketing
needs, you should always keep in mind
that organizations, nonpro$ts, corpora‐
tions, and schools in the area have var‐
ied obligations to which they must at‐
tend.
“You want to organize your program‐
ming in a turnkey way, so it’s easy to
connect with you,” Barlow says. He adds
that this is especially important to mar‐
keters who are looking for funding part‐
ners: “Folks who get the private sector
involved the quickest … have the most
success.”
Don't Shut the Media Out
While local reporters may seem like
they’re trying to tear down your efforts
with every negative news story, they
might just need a second opportunity
to get to know the area.
“Try to drown it out with a bunch of
positive stories,” Groene advises. When
West Humboldt Park was portrayed by a
local reporter as crime-ridden, his orga‐
nization invited the reporter back to
take another look. “We challenged him
to come back and do some positive sto‐
ries. [Sometimes all it takes is] challeng‐
ing them to not just do the easy head‐
line.”
Druback-Celaya agreed, saying her orga‐
nization managed to overcome such
problems directly, partly because
they’re operating in a smaller city.
“We have been able to get some editori‐
al board meetings with the paper,” she
said, suggesting organizations in larger
media markets may be able to “form
strong relationships with a few re‐
porters” instead.
Build a Virtual Neighborhood, Too
A Web presence is a must for neighbor‐
hood marketing, but it shouldn't just be
an online events calendar. While Mid‐
dleMain.com functions as a "social net‐
working site" for the Poughkeepsie
neighborhood, West Humboldt Park’s
site features pro$les of local businesses
to highlight both up-and-coming in‐
vestors in the neighborhood as well as
long-term business interests.
Involve Current Residents in a Sensitive Manner
Make it clear that you’re not out to dis‐
place anyone or use community devel‐
opment funds on !ashy marketing cam‐
paigns.
Groene’s group reaches out to residents
who are facing a wide variety of chal‐
lenges. Neighborhood Housing Services
works to keep home owners in the
homes through foreclosure prevention,
helping them $nd overlooked property
tax exemptions and more affordable in‐
surance options. Groene says they enter
these home owners into a large
database of people they’ve assisted “to
create the perfect mailing list” for get‐
t i n g t h e i r n e w s o u t t o t h e
neighborhood.
e city’s long-term occupant tax ex‐
emption also helps home owners stay in
their residences even after gentri$ca‐
tion brings property values up.
“It is the most important law we have in
the city of Chicago,” Groene said. “It
truly is revitalization and not displace‐
ment.”
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Lonesome Stranglers Concert
A free musical presentation will be of‐
fered at the Montgomery Village Hall at
10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 14, 2013.
e Lonesome Stranglers will play their
guitars and share old country and west‐
ern favorites.
is program is being offered by the Vil‐
lage of Montgomery as part of its Se‐
nior Citizen Program, but is open to all
ages. ere is no charge and the event is
handicapped accessible. e monthly
Senior Lunch and activity for ages 55
and up will begin at 11:00 a.m. after the
presentation. ere is a $4 charge for
the lunch.
For additional information on this
event, please call the Montgomery Vil‐
lage Hall at (630) 896-8080 ext. 1559.
ink Spring with our Friends at the Morton Arboretum
Drought’s Effects May Not Be Done
Note: is article is intended for munic‐
ipal newsletters and other publications.
You are free to reproduce it as long as it
is
attributed to e Morton Arboretum’s
Community Trees Program and men‐
tions the website (mortonarb.org).
What will the 2013 growing season
hold? Will it be another unseasonably
warm March followed by a
late April frost? Will July and August
prove to be another scorcher? Or will
this year bring relief? Either
way, last year’s drought is may have
long-lasting effects in the garden. Be
prepared to help your trees
and other plants.
Even if the snow and rains of early
spring replenish water in the soil, trees
and shrubs may still be in
recovery mode from last year. Plants
that have been stressed generally are
more susceptible to disease
and winter burn, so keep a watchful eye
as we come out of the winter dormant
season.
To check how hard last year’s drought
was on your trees or shrubs, look at the
amount of growth on a
few twigs. Bumps along a twig show
where last year’s leaves were attached.
If the bumps are closely
spaced and the twig is relatively short,
it is a good indication that the plant was
stressed and still will be
recovering this spring.
Make sure there is enough moisture in
your soil. “Don’t be scared to get your
hands in the soil,” advises
Edward Hedborn, manager of plant
records at e Morton Arboretum in
Lisle (mortonarb.org). Try a
simple “$st test”: Grab a handful of soil
from within the top eight to 12 inches
and squeeze. If the soil
crumbles, it’s too dry. If water pours
out, it’s most likely too wet. If the soil
packs together and holds its
moisture, it’s at a good moisture level.
Home lots and city parkway areas typi‐
cally have only a shallow layer of topsoil
that can dry out quickly,
even if it is a wet spring. Or the shallow
topsoil may sit on top of dense clay that
can trap too much
water around the plants’ roots. Too
much water can be just as harmful as
too little water.
“We have to look at things on a micro-
scale,” Hedborn says. “Conditions in
your front yard may be very
different than your backyard, as well as
the parkway area.” A tree’s position; the
number of hours of
direct sun it gets; whether it is exposed
to drying, toxic road salt or salt spray;
and whether it is shaded
by larger trees all are factors in the
health of your woody plants.
So is your lawn. When it grows over the
roots of trees and shrubs, turf grass
competes with them for
water. Hedborn has these suggestions
for watering trees and shrubs that are
in a lawn setting:
Don’t water only at the base of a tree,
since the majority of its roots are
spread out as far as its branches
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extend. e grass, with its roots just un‐
der the soil surface, probably will ab‐
sorb the $rst half-inch to inch of rain
or water from the sprinkler. You must
water longer to get water down to the
tree’s roots.
A good rule of thumb, Hedborn says, is
to set out a soup can under the spray of
the sprinkler. When the
can $lls up, you have only watered the
grass. Dump the water out and continue
watering until $lls again