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		<title>Blue Thumb Garden Party – Irrigation and Plant Installation – Part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 00:22:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheryl Buckwalter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, NOW we can Party! Garden Party day arrived &#8211; Saturday, October 13 – a perfect morning for a neighborhood project. Carmichael residents gathered to transform this traditional front yard into a Blue Thumb yard. I think many of you Blue Thumb &#8230; <a href="http://www.bewatersmart.info/blue-thumb/blue-thumb-garden-party-irrigation-and-plant-installation-part-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Blue Thumb Garden Party – Carmichael Community Learns by Doing – Part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 00:13:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheryl Buckwalter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s time to Party! The Blue Thumb Garden Party was the pinnacle of this year&#8217;s exciting Blue Thumb Neighbors Program, sponsored by the Regional Water Authority and Carmichael Water District. My Green Gardener hat is tipped to Christine Kohn, the &#8230; <a href="http://www.bewatersmart.info/blue-thumb/blue-thumb-garden-party-carmichael-community-learns-by-doing-part-1/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fifteen Shades of Grey: Low Water Plants &amp; Why to Use ‘Em</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2012 03:50:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Soleil Tranquilli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Going Grey I&#8217;m embracing the grey by choosing my fifteen favorite low water plants for Sacramento landscapes. Ok, they aren’t all grey. But a good portion of low water plants do look grey or bluish. And fuzzy. Lots of them &#8230; <a href="http://www.bewatersmart.info/blue-thumb/fifteen-shades-of-grey-low-water-plants-why-to-use-em/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>It’s Done!  It’s Done!  The Landscape Project Is Done!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2012 06:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Bergeron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month, we showed you our drainage plan, some photos of the drainage connections made to the three major areas requiring changes to the drainage pattern, the hardscape details that we accomplished and the connections to the drainage system for &#8230; <a href="http://www.bewatersmart.info/blue-thumb/its-done-its-done-the-landscape-project-is-done/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Meter Madness &amp; Myth Busting</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 20:17:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Soleil Tranquilli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well it finally happened. One blissful day I was without a water meter, the next day it was here. At least the next irrigation class I take will not include that embarrassing moment of being the only person in the &#8230; <a href="http://www.bewatersmart.info/blue-thumb/meter-madness-myth-busting/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Thirteen Days and Counting</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2012 21:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheryl Buckwalter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Any day now the nights are going to be cooler, or so we’re promised. We&#8217;re already seeing the daylight hours shrinking. After all, the official &#8220;first day of fall&#8221; is only 13 days away – September 22. Speaking for myself, &#8230; <a href="http://www.bewatersmart.info/blue-thumb/thirteen-days-and-counting/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Drainage and Hardscape – With Added Attractions</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:36:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Bergeron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month, we tried to show how the contractor involved himself in our planning and the major processes we engaged in to get our project “in the ground”.  Large areas in the front and the rear of the home required &#8230; <a href="http://www.bewatersmart.info/blue-thumb/drainage-and-hardscape-with-added-attractions/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ditching the Lawn? Join Our Blue Thumb Revolution!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2012 16:02:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Soleil Tranquilli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Where to Start OK!!! I hear you. So many of you want to ditch your lawn and go water wise. We heard this story over and over at the 2012 Fair Oaks Harvest Festival. YIPEE! I’ve waited several years to &#8230; <a href="http://www.bewatersmart.info/blue-thumb/ditching-the-lawn-join-our-blue-thumb-revolution/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Summer Savings at Home</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2012 01:48:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Soleil Tranquilli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inviting Water to Stay: Two Ways to Summer Savings at Home A Design Aside It’s summer and I’ve had water on my mind lately. Camping minus water makes it a little more precious, brings my personal water use into sharper &#8230; <a href="http://www.bewatersmart.info/blue-thumb/summer-savings-at-home/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Water Wise, Water Well</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 01:54:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheryl Buckwalter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you met Don Smith, the City of Folsom’s Water Management Coordinator? I wish I could clone him because we need more Don Smiths in this wonderful world of water. He truly is Mr. Water Wise and can explain in &#8230; <a href="http://www.bewatersmart.info/blue-thumb/water-wise-water-well/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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