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Brooklyn Botanic Garden: Education
... leaves from 37 of the city's 59 community districts and turns them into high-quality compost at our composting sites. NYC's leaf-collection districts include all of Queens and Staten ...
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Urban Composting Project: Spring 2006 Compost Giveback Events
... 59 community districts and turns them into high-quality compost at our composting sites. NYC's leaf- ... to report a missed collection. To get better-quality compost, DSNY requests that you place leaves out for ... quality compost product that we can return to you through our free compost-giveback events. This year, the city's botanical gardens are offering free paper leaf bags at the fall 2006 compost ...
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Brooklyn Botanic Garden: Habitat Gardening—How Schoolyards Are Being Transformed into Wildlife Sanctuaries
... also know planting and watering techniques, as well and how to use various tools, make compost, stake tomatoes, and transplant trees and bushes." But she sees a bigger picture too: "The ... a base map and inventory of the existing features of the property, including plants, soil quality, water flow, and exposure to light. Research habitat choices. Determine what kinds of native habitats ...
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Brooklyn Botanic Garden: Recycled Products—Turning Trash into Garden Tools
... that decomposing organic matter in landfills causes a serious threat to air and water quality, the federal Environmental Protection Agency has been introducing stringent regulations making it very difficult ... Extension office. Listed below is a sample source for bulk commercial compost, as well as two companies which manufacture compost bins from recycled plastics: PRS Materials, Inc. P.O. Box ...
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Brooklyn Botanic Garden: Fruit Couture—Edible Plants That Look Great in the Garden
... -colored peppers that are incredibly sweet and delicious. 'Bianca Hybrid' is known for its premium quality ivory-hued bell peppers. In the same plant clan, the familiar eggplant, Solanum melongena, should ... (upright selections are best for bedding out) than the double and semi-doubles. Fuchsias prefer compost-rich, well-drained soil and a site with good air circulation. They will not tolerate ...
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