COMPOSTING
COMPOST IF YOU POSSIBLY CAN:
YOUR COMPOST IS BROWN GOLD!
It's wonderful that Carlisle has a contract with Black Earth to handle composting on a town-wide basis -- and thanks to Launa Zimmaro and all the forward-looking people who made this possible) but the VERY BEST DEAL is to keep your compostable material (kitchen waste, leaves and grass/yard cuttings) on your own property. It may take a special strategy to dispose of your kitchen scraps over the winter, but those scraps are the perfect fertilizer for a vital garden bed, a shrub border, or a tree understory. Remember to mix kitchen scraps (nitrogen) with shredded paper, leaves and weed-free yard scraps (carbon) in a ratio as high as 1:9 to mimic nature's ratio.
THANKS TO ANGELA SMITH FOR GUIDELINES FROM BLACK EARTH COMPOST (click link below for info):
what's compostable at the Transfer Station, and what is not
HOPE IT HELPS YOU SORT IT OUT.
YOUR COMPOST IS BROWN GOLD!
It's wonderful that Carlisle has a contract with Black Earth to handle composting on a town-wide basis -- and thanks to Launa Zimmaro and all the forward-looking people who made this possible) but the VERY BEST DEAL is to keep your compostable material (kitchen waste, leaves and grass/yard cuttings) on your own property. It may take a special strategy to dispose of your kitchen scraps over the winter, but those scraps are the perfect fertilizer for a vital garden bed, a shrub border, or a tree understory. Remember to mix kitchen scraps (nitrogen) with shredded paper, leaves and weed-free yard scraps (carbon) in a ratio as high as 1:9 to mimic nature's ratio.
THANKS TO ANGELA SMITH FOR GUIDELINES FROM BLACK EARTH COMPOST (click link below for info):
what's compostable at the Transfer Station, and what is not
HOPE IT HELPS YOU SORT IT OUT.
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