Garden Compost Bin Prairie Village 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.
TruGreen
(888) 615-8157
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8420 Cole Pkwy
Shawnee, KS
Shawnee, KS
Fox Lawn & Landscape
913-558-2814
913-558-2814
15303 W. 147th Drive
Olathe, KS
Olathe, KS
Awesome Lawn Care & Snow Removal
816-813-3025
816-813-3025
2505 SW US 40 Highway
Blue Springs, MO
Blue Springs, MO
Barnds Brothers Lawn & Garden Inc
913-897-2340
913-897-2340
10000 West 135 Th Street
Overland Park, KS
Overland Park, KS
TruGreen
(888) 615-8157
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1740 N. Reynolds Avenue
Kansas City, MO
Kansas City, MO
Shades of Green Lawn and Landscape
913-952-9108
913-952-9108
15384 South Alden
Olathe, KS
Olathe, KS
SSS Lawn & Tree L.L.C.
913-558-8905
913-558-8905
690 W. Cedar
Olathe, KS
Olathe, KS
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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 .