Best Ways to Dispose of Garden Waste

[delightfulbags]

Hello everyone.

I’m curious how other gardeners handle waste from their gardens throughout the year. Between fallen leaves, grass clippings, weeds, pruned branches, and old plants, it can quickly become a lot of material to deal with.

I’ve been considering composting more of my garden waste instead of throwing it away, but I’m not sure what should and shouldn’t go into a compost pile.

Do you compost most of your garden waste, use it as mulch, or have another preferred method?

Are there any types of plant material that should always be disposed of separately to prevent spreading pests or diseases? What works best for you?

 

[delightfulbags]

Hello everyone.

I’m curious how other gardeners handle waste from their gardens throughout the year. Between fallen leaves, grass clippings, weeds, pruned branches, and old plants, it can quickly become a lot of material to deal with.

I’ve been considering composting more of my garden waste instead of throwing it away, but I’m not sure what should and shouldn’t go into a compost pile.

Do you compost most of your garden waste, use it as mulch, or have another preferred method?

Are there any types of plant material that should always be disposed of separately to prevent spreading pests or diseases? I’ve also been looking into dumpster rentals erie pa for larger amounts of garden waste. What works best for you?

thanks in advance for any help

 

[Esther Knapicius]

Burn Pile. We have had our Burn Pile in the same spot for years. the other day husband rented a back hoe to move a pile of mulch to the back garden. He had noted that under the burn pile some awesome soil had been made. so he scoped that up and its being used in different areas. Anyway, the burn pile is now again in the same spot getting hilled up with lots of stuff. sooner or later Ill match it.

 

[Sluggy]

We are lucky we have a “brown” bin where I put all my pruning etc in that can not be composted which is collected by our council lorry every two weeks and for larger stuff that can fit in the back of my car I can take it to the recycling centre which is a 10 minute drive away and is free.

 

[Esther Knapicius]

The other house we have in New Bern, NC. can't have a burn pile. They have a waste spot way down the road, about 3 miles which are only open certain days. You have to have the junk in your car or have a pick up truck to take it there. Such a royal pain. But, when we do stay there, Monday is trash pick up day, so on Sundays I am making 2 points with the large bin with the pinecones, and then roll it out on Monday morning, and they take it. There is also lots of Pine needles that fall, have a roofer come by and he blows the roofs, and he takes what drops . We do have a landscaper that will take junk for us also, he had to take it to the same spot down the road. Recently we try to take the pine needles to the back part, there are low areas near the river, so we dump the needles there. If I had the extra money I would take down all the pine trees in the front and plant pretty conifers. they are just junk type of pine trees, nothing fancy.

 

[DirtMechanic]

Trees and other plants, even grass are hosts for fungi and viral pathogens. The pinnacle idea for your garden is not achievable, but the idea is along the lines of do not import trash. Imagine a doctor taking off his shoe and wiping your arm with his dirty sock before injecting you with something that helps (fertilizer) you and you envision a lot of garden "recyclers" in action.

By Burning or Drowning or Composting we seek to get nutrients sans the wrong biologics. White molds for example are helpers. Trichoderma farming is useful to remove harmful fungi. TEMPS cook pathogens in a compost pile, allowing the beneficials to take over the material.

 

[dirty hands]

Compost it burn it or bag it.

I know poison ivy needs to get bagged and removed from property. There are other weeds too but I forget.

I have an area I dump grass clippings chopped leaves and plant trimmings that dont get chopped and dropped when im keeping the garden clean.

My compost pile I bury food scraps like skins and veggies that dont get eaten. By burying them I dont attract the wildlife to my yard so much.

I burn tree branches and other things I dont want to wait to let break down.

 

[Esther Knapicius]

My compost pile I bury food scraps like skins and veggies that dont get eaten. By burying them I dont attract the wildlife to my yard so much.

My neighbor has a compost bin. when I look in it, see a lot of white egg shells. From time to time I find half egg shells in my back yard, probably some animal carries them there.

 

[dirty hands]

Eggshells dry up good in the shed. Then i just break them up by hand and spread them around.

I was putting them in the compost pile last year but was finding them in the yard too. I have to bury them deep if I put them in the compost.

Through the winter I kept a 5 gallon bucket in the garage where it stays just above freezing. Everything goes in the bucket together and when I get a good day I bury it all together. I got a pretty good size mound of dirt by spring that I used in the garden.

This summer I threw a lot away because I was attracting critters and I get so much to fast to keep up.

I just started doing this last year though but it seemed to work so I plan on continuing it. This is my first year with a veggie garden.

First veggie garden at this house.

 

[Esther Knapicius]

Eggshells dry up good in the shed. Then i just break them up by hand and spread them around.

he just tosses them in his compost pile along with whatever else he has.

 

[mburdett555]

I have a large field of grass out the front of my house with number of trees and bushes. Any garden waste I launch into the bushes.

 

[LionGardener]

Hello everyone.

I’m curious how other gardeners handle waste from their gardens throughout the year. Between fallen leaves, grass clippings, weeds, pruned branches, and old plants, it can quickly become a lot of material to deal with.

I’ve been considering composting more of my garden waste instead of throwing it away, but I’m not sure what should and shouldn’t go into a compost pile.

Do you compost most of your garden waste, use it as mulch, or have another preferred method?

Are there any types of plant material that should always be disposed of separately to prevent spreading pests or diseases? What works best for you?

Compost:
The one I have the most problem with is winter composting.

I do have 3 composting bins.

In the summer: I use grass clippings in my vegetable beds.

Fall: I use leaves for leaf mould.

Winter kitchen scraps until the ground freezes : – I dig up trenches in my vegetable garden and fill them up and cover it with a fence board.

In the middle of winter: I have metal garbage cans by the backdoor and that’s where the kitchen scraps stay until spring and then I add to it to my vegetable garden.

Cardboard: I use it as a weed suppressant in the vegetable garden.

Small branches: I either shred or cut them in small pieces and I add it to the compost bins with weeds.

It works for me so far.