Garden Compost Bin Cape May Court House NJ

A garden compost heap made of veggie waste from the kitchen, as well as the leaves, cuttings and branches from yard work, can be rotted down over time to provide a ready resource of soil improver. What’s more, as many as one in five truckloads of waste delivered to U.S. landfills could find a home on a compost heap instead.

Abbondanzos Lawn Services
908-766-7155
117 West Fairmount Rd
Tewksbury Township, NJ
Acculawn
973-305-1904
22 Hillcrest Drive
Wayne, NJ
Lawn Doctor, Inc.
800-631-5660
142 State Rte. 34
Holmdel, NJ
Tuff Greens Llc
973983-0640
74 Fox Hill Rd
Denville, NJ
Fresh Cut Lawncare, Inc.
609-653-2197
1310 Doughty Road
Egg Harbor Twp, NJ
Dunn Comapny Llc Landscape Contractor
856-769-2415
Po Box 267
Harrisonville, NJ
Gs Property Mgmt & Home Improvements, Llc
973-748-7727
162 Belleville Ave Suite 2A
Bloomfield, NJ
Lawn Medic Of Delaware Valley
856-742-1111
P.O. Box 310
Haddon Heights, NJ
Fairway Green, Inc.
888-777-4151
9 Ilene Ct. Suite 14
Hillsborough, NJ
14th Street Farmers Market
(201) 963-1414
793 Jersey Ave
Jersey City, NJ
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Heaps and Hedges

Our series of tips on “green” gardens continues with three more recommendations from Carl Smith, PhD, a landscape architecture professor at the University of Arkansas School of Architecture and coauthor of the new book Residential Landscape Sustainability: A Checklist Tool .

Hail to the Heap

A garden compost heap made of veggie waste from the kitchen, as well as the leaves, cuttings and branches from yard work, can be rotted down over time to provide a ready resource of soil improver. What’s more, as many as one in five truckloads of waste delivered to U.S. landfills could find a home on a compost heap instead.

Think in Layers

To attract the maximum biodiversity to your yard, you should use several layers of plants: ground covers, shrubs, larger shrubs and, of course, trees.

Hedge Your Bets

Housing, like all types of extended development areas, can divide areas of natural value like woodlands and grasslands. Rather than build a fence, plant a hedge to help provide a “green corridor” for animals to move through your neighborhood and between fragmented green areas. And if you don’t like your neighbors, you can always let your hedge grow tall!

Suggested Reading

  • Tips for “Green” Gardens
  • Organic Gardening: Think Local, Diversify and Design for Reuse
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