Earthworms and Healthy Soil

Earthworms are fascinating creatures. They play a critical role in maintaining healthy soil by breaking down organic matter, like dead plants, branches, little pieces of wood, seed droppings, pine cones and needles, leaves, etc. Earthworms are good at ingesting soils … Read More

Winter on the Rainbow River

As we are now entering a Florida winter, how should people take care of their lawns while still protecting the springs? Should you fertilize or water your lawn in the winter months? I personally don’t fertilize my lawn in the … Read More

Boomtown Days a Success

We, One Rake at a Time, set up a tent at Boomtown Days in Dunnellon on Saturday April 13. It was a perfect weather day, cool in the morning then upper 70’s in the afternoon. The historic district along West … Read More

Creating a Beautiful Spring

Springs are the direct result of rain water. Rain water is usually very pure and clean. Many people collect it as drinking water all over the world. As the rain comes down here in the hills of Central Florida much … Read More

The Ripple effect.

When you stick rake into calm still water, you will see ripples go out from the middle in an almost perfect circle. There will be one ripple after another until finally they all dissipate and the water is still again. … Read More

Managing our Water Resources

Our State Government is in charge of our water resources. They have the power to issue permits and regulate how we manage and restore our rivers and springs. For many years along the Rainbow River chemicals have been used to … Read More