Gardening                                                                     

• Turn your lawn into a cannibal. Leaving grass clippings on your lawn to re-absorb into the soil provides a source of nitrogen to growing plants and improves soil moisture holding capacity.

• Compost!
  Compost is the single most important supplement you can give your garden soil. Compost adds nutrient-rich humus which fuels plant growth and restores vitality to depleted soil. The following can be composted:

  · fruit and vegetable scraps, meal leftovers
  · tea bags, coffee grinds and filters
  · egg shells
  · leaves and grass clippings
  · wood ashes and twigs
  · seaweed
  · manure from free-range animals
  · garden cuttings, old plants, straw
  
  For a complete listing of what and how to compost see:
  http://www.eartheasy.com/grow_compost.htm
  This is a comprehensive site that talks about the benefits of composting as well as offering practical suggestions and solutions as to what and how to compost.