Title: Home Composting and Grasscycling:

Reduce Waste and Improve the Health of your Yard and Garden

Looking for simple and inexpensive ways to improve the health of your lawn and yardscape? Why not consider home composting and grasscycling. Both are great ways to help your lawn, garden, and surrounding yardscape maintain optimum health and beauty.

Home Composting is a natural process that transforms yard waste into "humus", a wonderful soil conditioner and low-level fertilizer. Humus, or finished compost, is ideal for use in areas with rock hard "adobe" soil or anywhere else to improve soil texture and vitality. Home composting is easy to do. New bins and special tools make composting easier than ever. By making your own compost, you reduce your need for store-bought soil amendments that saves you money!

Grasscycling is another way to reduce waste and nourish the soil. Grasscycling is the simple practice of leaving lawn clippings on the lawn. Why grasscycle? It’s easy because it removes the work of grass clipping disposal, saving you time and money. It’s also healthy for the lawn. Did you know that grass clippings are 85% water and have a high nitrogen content. By grasscycling, you allow nitrogen, and moisture to return to the soil beneath the lawn after each mowing. This will give you a healthier lawn, and reduce your fertilizer requirements by as much as 20%.

To learn more about the benefits of composting and grasscycling and to request additional information and free videotape, call 925-906-1806. Home composting and grasscycling public education efforts are sponsored by Contra Costa County, the Central Contra Costa Solid Waste Authority, the West Contra Costa Integrated Waste Management Authority, and the Cities of Concord, Martinez, Pittsburg, Pleasant Hill, and San Ramon.