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Mulchfest!

jackson published on January 16, 2008 in build. 2 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , .

Okay, I did some research and here’s what I’ve found:


(from the NY Times)

“In New York City, officials are urging people with real Christmas trees to recycle them. At MulchFest, which is run by the city’s Department of Parks and Recreation, residents can not only drop off their trees at the 85 parks, but at 30 of the parks, they can also pick up free bags of mulch — loose wood chips — for use in their yards and gardens. The mulch that is not claimed by residents will be used by the Parks Department to line tree pits along the streets and flower beds in the parks.”

I love this city sooooooo much.

Little by little we improve and correct.

That is the SuperForest way.

Go Mike Bloomberg!


Mulchfest site

SuperForestry Service!

jackson published on January 16, 2008 in build. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

Every year, loads and loads of discarded X-mas trees line the streets of this great nation of ours.

This sort of bummed me out. Until yesterday, when I walked down the Chelsea street and spied this:

Some clever little duckling has taken the branches from several trees and used them to mulch the bases of planter boxes!

Wonderful.

I smiled, took a pic, and continued on my way.

Then I passed this:

Here, the trees had been chipped and then spread as mulch. The most wonderful thing was the smell. The second most wonderful thing is the recycling, plus the added nutrients that will nourish the soil as the mulch breaks down. Fabulous.

Who is doing this? I must know. I will do some research and get back to y’all.

Smart solutions.

From this:

(pic via touchingharmstheart.com)

To this:

Go humans!!!!

Love,

Jackson

Things I Love: My Compost Bin

jackson published on December 6, 2007 in superforest journal. 1 Comment Tags: , , , , , , , , .

Good afternoon all,

In my backyard stands this little beauty. Silent, super-productive, and virtually odorless, the compost bin means that pounds and pounds of organic material doesn’t end up in a landfill. My upstairs neighbors and I are pretty religious about composting as much as we can, and in a year or two we’ll have wonderful mulch to add to planter boxes, sprinkle on gardens, or use to grow saplings.
Sturdy construction helps keep out critters.


Thar she blows!


apple cores, tea bags, used tissue, coffee grounds; all should be composted.


Carry the future compost outside.


It’s as easy as one!


Two!


Three! And done.

Since I started composting and recycling, I’ve noticed that all I ever throw out is non-recyclable plastic. Remind me again, why do we even make that? (When we could be using and composting this: corn plastic.)

If you’ve got a backyard, why not use a compost bin?

Here’s a link to the NYC Compost Project’s site: NY Compost

Or, if you’d like to build your own bin, which is both cheap and easy, here’s instructions on how: Build Your Own: Compost Bin

Compost! Prove you love America!

Love,

Jackson