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14 March

Next Meeting

Meetings are held on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 12 noon at the Saraland Chamber Offices.

Welcome to Keep Saraland Beautiful

Keep Saraland Beautiful Yard of

the Month

Selections will rotate monthly to different parts of the city. The yard must have some seasonal color and one or more specimen trees. For full criteria and pictures of past Yards of the Month click the button below.

Adopt-A-Spot

Adopt-A-Spot is a part of Keep Saraland Beautiful, Inc. Our mission is to improve the natural beauty of Saraland with landscaped green spaces along Saraland Boulevard and Industrial Parkway and to improve civic pride in the business district of the City of Saraland.
More Info More Info
The Keep Saraland Beautiful organization received its national certification as an affiliate of Keep America Beautiful in December 1999. This is a non-profit public education organization dedicated to preserving the natural beauty and environment of America and improving the waste handling practiced at the community level. It is a community based approach to changing the attitude and practices relating to litter and waste handling. The prime purpose of the Keep Saraland Beautiful program is to improve the aesthetic and ecological value of the city through litter control/prevention, proper handling of solid waste, beautification, public education awareness, recruitment of volunteers, and promotion of voluntary recycling. The program coordinates the cleanup efforts of the city as well as interacting with local business owners and managers. The programs targets "eyesores" throughout the city and seeks community resources to improve such sites as streets, rights of way, parking and vacant lots, loading docks and refuse areas. By having a local Keep America Beautiful affiliate we have access to a network of ideas that have worked and are working for other communities. The concept of changing the community for the better and increasing the community's pride can have long lasting benefits.

Our Mission

To encourage people living and working in Saraland to personally contribute to the improvement of the community

Recycling Ideas

KSB wants everyone to send us your ideas on how to reuse the center of paper towels - toilet paper rolls - wax paper etc. Let us see how many uses we can come up with!
Recycling Ideas Recycling Ideas

Residential Recycling

The City of Saraland has two types of residential recycling. The free SINGLE STREAM RECYCLING containers are located on Station Street and residents must take their recycling items to the collection station. Curbside Single Stream Recycling cost is $5.00 per month per resident and picked up every Tuesday.
More Info More Info
Mayor Dr. Howard Rubenstein, Council Chair Joe McDonald, Council Members: Newton Cromer, Wayne Biggs, Natalie Moye and Veronica Hudson
Mayor Dr. Howard Rubenstein, Council Chair Joe McDonald, Council Members: Newton Cromer, Wayne Biggs, Natalie Moye and Veronica Hudson

KSB GARDENING NEWS FROM JAMES MILES

March 2024 For those of you who grow citrus, unless you protected the tree(s) a few weeks back when we had a major freeze event, the trees suffered some damage ranging from defoliation to stem dieback to total tree mortality. Now is the time to really assess the damage. I exam- ined mine the last week of February and noticed some bud swell on some and new leaves developing on others. That was a welcomed site. I did not have a crop this past season due to the March frost/freeze last year. I don’t expect a crop this year either. I will fertil- ize them in April and June and make sure they are irrigated during dry periods. I know the warm weather is encouraging gardeners to get active in the landscape. Gar- den centers are getting new plants in, and advertising is compounding the desire to get out in the yard. If you select and plant sensitive warm-season plants now, have a plan for cold protection in mind. I like to get a jump start on squash plants as soon as the soil tem- peratures are close to suitable. This allows me to get a head start on squash vine borers. Sometimes I have to replant them due to cold injury. The last week of February, I mowed my lawn. I was mowing weeds and not the turf. The weeds that have become large enough to mow are winter weeds and are approaching or in the reproductive stage of their lifecycle. It is important to keep the weeds from flowing and developing seeds. Using an herbicide now will be a waste, as the weeds will die as the weather continues to warm, but the herbicide will not prevent the production of seeds at this point. Another benefit to mowing the weed is reducing the habitat of the cranefly. Craneflies can be a nuisance, but they are harmless. The larva stage feeds on organic mat- ter in the soil. The adults don’t feed, their sole purpose is to mate and reproduce. They do serve as a food source for other insects, spiders, and birds. No treatment is recommended, just manage the habitat. Remember there are local schools with horticulture programs that need your support, and they have great plants to choose from. They usually have a good selection of ornamental plants and vegetables. Enjoy the outdoors.
Litter Cleanup Supplies for Saraland More Gardening Tips More Gardening Tips

Free Supplies to Help You Pick Up Litter!

We have a new Keep Saraland Beautiful project, buckets with litter supplies that residents can pick up at the Chamber of Commerce office for free. The buckets have 2 litter grabber sticks, 2 pairs of gloves, two pair of safety glasses, 2 safety vests, and a roll of trash bags. We ask that residents get one bucket per household, use the contents to pick up litter, then the items are theirs to keep. We would love them to post pictures on our Facebook page. All they have to do is go in during business hours and ask for litter supplies.
Keep Saraland Beautiful presented “Infirmary Health” of Saraland the Quarterly Beautification Award. This beautiful state-of- art facility is an asset to the citizens of Saraland and the northern part of Mobile county.
BEAUTIFICATION AWARD WINNER

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Unauthorized Dumps Video by ADEM

© Keep Saraland Beautiful. All Rights Reserved. Website design and hosting by North Mobile Internet Services, Inc.

Welcome to Keep Saraland Beautiful

KeepSaralandBeautiful

14 March

Next Meeting

Meetings are held on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 12 noon at the Saraland Chamber Offices.

Keep Saraland Beautiful Yard of

the Month

Selections will rotate monthly to different parts of the city. The yard must have some seasonal color and one or more specimen trees. For full criteria and pictures of past Yards of the Month click the button below.

Adopt-A-Spot

Adopt-A-Spot is a part of Keep Saraland Beautiful, Inc. Our mission is to improve the natural beauty of Saraland with landscaped green spaces along Saraland Boulevard and Industrial Parkway and to improve civic pride in the business district of the City of Saraland.
The Keep Saraland Beautiful organization received its national certification as an affiliate of Keep America Beautiful in December 1999. This is a non-profit public education organization dedicated to preserving the natural beauty and environment of America and improving the waste handling practiced at the community level. It is a community based approach to changing the attitude and practices relating to litter and waste handling. The prime purpose of the Keep Saraland Beautiful program is to improve the aesthetic and ecological value of the city through litter control/prevention, proper handling of solid waste, beautification, public education awareness, recruitment of volunteers, and promotion of voluntary recycling. The program coordinates the cleanup efforts of the city as well as interacting with local business owners and managers. The programs targets "eyesores" throughout the city and seeks community resources to improve such sites as streets, rights of way, parking and vacant lots, loading docks and refuse areas. By having a local Keep America Beautiful affiliate we have access to a network of ideas that have worked and are working for other communities. The concept of changing the community for the better and increasing the community's pride can have long lasting benefits.

Our Mission

To encourage people living and working in Saraland to personally contribute to the improvement of the community

Recycling Ideas

KSB wants everyone to send us your ideas on how to reuse the center of paper towels - toilet paper rolls - wax paper etc. Let us see how many uses we can come up with!
Recycling Ideas Recycling Ideas More Info More Info

Residential Recycling

The City of Saraland has two types of residential recycling. The free SINGLE STREAM RECYCLING containers are located on Station Street and residents must take their recycling items to the collection station. Curbside Single Stream Recycling cost is $5.00 per month per resident and picked up every Tuesday.
More Info More Info
Mayor Dr. Howard Rubenstein, Council Chair Joe McDonald, Council Members: Newton Cromer, Wayne Biggs, Natalie Moye and Veronica Hudson

KSB GARDENING NEWS

FROM JAMES MILES

March 2024 For those of you who grow citrus, unless you protected the tree(s) a few weeks back when we had a major freeze event, the trees suffered some damage ranging from defoliation to stem dieback to total tree mortality. Now is the time to really assess the damage. I examined mine the last week of February and noticed some bud swell on some and new leaves developing on others. That was a welcomed site. I did not have a crop this past season due to the March frost/freeze last year. I don’t expect a crop this year either. I will fertilize them in April and June and make sure they are irri- gated during dry periods. I know the warm weather is encouraging gardeners to get active in the landscape. Garden centers are getting new plants in, and advertising is compounding the desire to get out in the yard. If you select and plant sensitive warm-season plants now, have a plan for cold protection in mind. I like to get a jump start on squash plants as soon as the soil temperatures are close to suitable. This allows me to get a head start on squash vine borers. Sometimes I have to replant them due to cold injury. The last week of February, I mowed my lawn. I was mowing weeds and not the turf. The weeds that have become large enough to mow are winter weeds and are approaching or in the reproductive stage of their lifecycle. It is important to keep the weeds from flowing and developing seeds. Using an herbicide now will be a waste, as the weeds will die as the weather continues to warm, but the herbicide will not prevent the production of seeds at this point. Another benefit to mowing the weed is reducing the habitat of the cranefly. Crane- flies can be a nuisance, but they are harm- less. The larva stage feeds on organic matter in the soil. The adults don’t feed, their sole purpose is to mate and repro- duce. They do serve as a food source for other insects, spiders, and birds. No treat- ment is recommended, just manage the habitat. Remember there are local schools with hor- ticulture programs that need your support, and they have great plants to choose from. They usually have a good selection of orna- mental plants and vegetables. Enjoy the outdoors.
More Gardening Tips More Gardening Tips

Free Supplies to Help You

Pick Up Litter!

We have a new Keep Saraland Beautiful project, buckets with litter supplies that residents can pick up at the Chamber of Commerce office for free. The buckets have 2 litter grabber sticks, 2 pairs of gloves, two pair of safety glasses, 2 safety vests, and a roll of trash bags. We ask that residents get one bucket per household, use the contents to pick up litter, then the items are theirs to keep. We would love them to post pictures on our Facebook page. All they have to do is go in during business hours and ask for litter supplies.
Keep Saraland Beautiful presented “Infirmary Health” of Saraland the Quarterly Beautification Award. This beautiful state-of- art facility is an asset to the citizens of Saraland and the northern part of Mobile county.
BEAUTIFICATION AWARD WINNER

Click to View

Unauthorized Dumps Video by ADEM