Garden Compost Bin Saint Simons Island 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.

Golden Isles Wood Products
(912) 269-1200
2909 Newcastle St
Brunswick, GA
Putting At Home, Ltd
770-896-4295
6050 Peachtree Parkway 240-241
Norcross, GA
Brock Lawn Care
(678) 315-3301
200 Heard Rd
Canton, GA
TruGreen
(888) 615-8157
521 Edsel Drive
Richmond Hill, GA
Flying Skwerl Lawn Maintenance & Landscaping Residential/Commercial
678-362-4040
95 Lily Drive
Winder, GA
Green & Clean Lawn Care
678-817-4011
160 Pecan Ridge Drive
Fayetteville, GA
All American Property Maintenance
912-308-8544
123 Lawn Care Lane
Savannah, GA
TruGreen
(888) 615-8157
8145 Troon Circle
Austell, GA
Redding'S Lawn Care
(912) 665-1434
505 Crest Lane Dr
Smyrna, GA
Lawnsouth
770-642-7713
36 Woodstock Street
Roswell, 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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