Garden Compost Bin Powder Springs GA

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.

Butler Turf Management
678-768-0160
P.O.Box 874
Powder Springs, GA
Bonsai Landscape, Inc.
770-842-5416
4329 Clairesbrook Lane
Acworth, GA
Straight Line Landscapes L.L.C
404-992-2956
1484 Harmony Grove Church Rd
Acworth, GA
TruGreen
(888) 615-8157
15 North Drive S.e.
Acworth, GA
Griggs Lawn Care Service
404-668-8958
PO Box 1533
Austell, GA
TruGreen
(888) 615-8157
8145 Troon Circle
Austell, GA
Redding'S Lawn Care
(912) 665-1434
505 Crest Lane Dr
Smyrna, GA
Chris' Landscape And Pressure Washing
770-956-8313
500 Smithstone Road
Marietta, GA
Buffalo Lawn Care & Landscape LLC
678-951-3552
P.O. Box 655
Austell, GA
PRO LAWN SERVICES
770-948-0499
www.prolawnservices.net 1107 PONTIAC CIR
Austell, GA
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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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