![]() Less polluting: reduces the need for fertilizer, pesticides and herbicides.50% of your lawn's fertilizer needs are met, so you reduce time and money spent fertilizing.Plastic lawn bags don't wind up in the landfill.Grass clippings add water-saving mulch and encourage natural soil aeration by earthworms. Grass clippings are over 80% water, so they decompose quickly and release nitrogen and other nutrients back into the lawn and soil naturally, thereby improving lawn quality. Grasscycling, in short, is the practice of leaving grass clippings on the lawn or using them as mulch. Like the fellow in the image to the left, you might even take your grass clippings out for a Sunday bicycle ride now that's grasscycling taken to the extreme! And the best part is, it takes less time and energy than bagging and dragging that grass to the curb. Grasscycling is a responsible environmental practice and an opportunity for all homeowners to reduce their waste. ![]() Grasscycling is a simple, easy opportunity for every homeowner to do something good for the environment. From now on, don't bag your lawn clippings: "grass cycle" them. Grass clippings are actually good for the lawn. So, let's start there.įorget those long-held beliefs that grass clippings left on a lawn smother the grass underneath or cause thatch. The catchy word that describes the whole new movement to educate homeowners about composting and recycling their grass clippings is Grasscycling. Most homeowners quickly realize that their compost bin or system cannot handle all that grass! The following information will help you to better understand how to recycle those grass clippings. What can I say? Grass clippings are invaluable to composting.īut you need to learn how to do it properly so both your lawn and compost bin are happy!ĭuring the spring and summer months grass clippings can occupy up to 50 percent of one's total yard trimmings.
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