Garden Compost Bin Mountain Home AR
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.
TruGreen
(888) 615-8157
(888) 615-8157
6101 Forbing Rd
Little Rock, AR
Little Rock, AR
TruGreen
(888) 615-8157
(888) 615-8157
111 E. Linden Street
Rogers, AR
Rogers, AR
Basic Lawns, Inc.
479-263-3120
479-263-3120
3538 N. Hwy. 112, Ste. 2
Fayetteville, AR
Fayetteville, AR
A Cut Above LLC.
501-940-0288
501-940-0288
PO Box 6065
Sherwood, AR
Sherwood, AR
Southwest Lawn Service
501-920-4497
501-920-4497
PO Box 191024
Little Rock, AR
Little Rock, AR
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Heaps and Hedges
Hail to the HeapA 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 LayersTo 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 BetsHousing, 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
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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 .