Eco Gardeners

Don’t forget to add your fall garden scraps and clean-up trash to your compost bin this fall. Your prunings, vegetable/herb/flower garden debris and leaves are examples of compost matter for the upcoming season.

• To keep your compost pile cooking during the winter, keep it in a black bin in the direct sunlight. Placing your compost bin in full sun will promote faster composting.

• Anything that has been alive is great for compost bins. Examples include leaves, vegetable wastes, and grass clippings. Do not compost fat, pet waste, dairy or meat products.

• Protect your compost from rain to keep the nutrients in the pile. Too much water in the pile will also slow the composting process.

• Avoid composting plants that have been treated with chemicals including lawn clippings, and weeds that have gone to seed.

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