Composting
- Composting: A Guide to Managing Organic Yard Waste, NC-AG-467, Rev. 7/92, 8 pp
- Community Backyard Composting Programs, NC-AG-599, Rev. 3/00, 12 pp.
- Building your Own Composting Bin: Designs for Your Community, California Integrated Waste Management Board, Pub. No. 442-95-054, Rev. 6/06, 27 pp.
- Farm-Scale Composting Resource List, National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service, ATTRA Publication #IP026/128. Rev 2005
Sources for Organic Matter
- Utility Service, Line Clearing
- Call to request a truck load of wood chips from limbs removed by the utility line clearing crew. When they are working in your neighborhood many will drop it off at your garden free of charge.
- Check the "Yellow Pages" for:
- City Leaf Mulch
- Dairies
- Eggs (source of chicken manure)
- Fertilizers (source of bulk or bagged soil amendments, manure, etc.)
- Gardeners/Landscapers - (source of grass clippings & leaves be sure to find out what, if anything, has been sprayed on grass)
- Horse Boarding & Training
- Landscape Equipment & Supplies
- Lawn & Grounds Maintenance
