Garden Compost Bin Manhattan KS

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.

Wildcat Lawn Care
(785)669-0420
901 Wildcat Ridge
manhattan, KS
Barnds Brothers Lawn & Garden Inc
913-897-2340
10000 West 135 Th Street
Overland Park, KS
TruGreen
(888) 615-8157
8420 Cole Pkwy
Shawnee, KS
Lawn Enforcement
316 312 1469
4104 E morris
Wichita, KS
Downey Lawn & Landscape
866-794-LAWN
303 E. Soule PO Box 1
Ingalls, KS
Arrowhead Lawn Care
913-221-5722
12000 Perry St
Overland Park, KS
TruGreen
(888) 615-8157
1652 S. West Street
Wichita, KS
AceGrassMasters Lawn Service
316-807-2596
823 W. Clark
Augusta, KS
SSS Lawn & Tree L.L.C.
913-558-8905
690 W. Cedar
Olathe, KS
Shades of Green Lawn and Landscape
913-952-9108
15384 South Alden
Olathe, KS
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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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