5 Simple Ways to Waste Less This Year
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by gwenn
1y ago
MC Tips to Live Sustainably, Save Money & Help The Planet    The new year ushers in a feeling of freshness and hope, like everything is possible. That “clean slate” feeling makes it a great time to try to make little changes that can have a huge impact. If you’re reading this, you’ve probably begun to recognize just how much waste we all create. EPA statistics from 2018 say that the average American creates roughly 4.4 pounds of trash EVERY DAY. Facts like this coupled with dire warnings about the state of our environment have many people wading into the zero waste pool. Which is ..read more
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Glitter is Litter?!?!
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by gwenn
1y ago
Did you know that glitter is considered hazardous waste? The type of glitter we are most familiar with today was invented in 1934 by machinist Henry Ruschmann when he started cutting sheets of mylar plastic into tiny pieces. It was mainly made from scrap plastic at the time. In 1943, he started manufacturing industrial glitter and this practice is continued into today. This glitter is usually made up of copolymer plastics, coloring, and reflective material such as aluminum, titanium dioxide, iron oxide and bismuth oxychloride.   Prior to that, glittery artwork and makeup dates far ba ..read more
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Don’t Clean Up Your Garden & Yard Just Yet!
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by gwenn
2y ago
Although spring is officially here, mixed weather forecasts can have it feeling like summer one day and winter the next. When the sun is out and the weather is nice, we know how exciting it is to start prepping your garden for growing season. BUT, if you don’t have a green house or have a system set up to protect your beds from the frost, it can still be too early to actually get planting. Plus, while spring fever has you in it’s grip, our pollinator and insect friends would much prefer it if we held off a few more weeks. They are using the space under your leaves, hay and other garden coverin ..read more
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The Main Line’s Christmas Tree Collection Guide
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by gwenn
2y ago
Mother Compost wants to see all your organic materials make it back to a compost pile. This includes your Christmas trees! We don’t take your trees on our trucks since there are so many townships & local resources for composting them. Check out all the details below.  Important to note, when you leaving your tree at the curb, please remove all decorations, tinsel, garland, lights, etc. These items cannot be composted.    Philly Goat Project: Don’t want to wait for a collection? Drop your tree off at one of Philly Goat Project’s Farm Festival Treecycling events: Saturday Janu ..read more
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Getting Ready for Fall
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by gwenn
2y ago
Our yard waste guide for the Main Line is here! While we at Mother Compost want to compost EVERYTHING, we simply cannot. Yard waste is compostable, and a great addition to the compost pile indeed, but our composting facility has already taken care of our need for “browns”. This helps our trucks focus on keeping your “green” materials out of the landfill.  Luckily, there are government programs in place for yard waste in each of the townships we serve, so we broke out detailed information for your review.  Just like with our Mother Compost service, there are a few rules across the boa ..read more
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Garden Series – Part 4: Crop Rotation & Soil Health
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by gwenn
3y ago
Along with seasonal rotations discussed in our last post, it’s also crucial to think about general crop rotations. By “general crop rotation”, we mean rotating your plants so that you are not planting the same thing in the same area over and over again.  Crop rotation is important to maintaining soil health, because it facilitates planting things that will deplete and then replenish the soil’s nutrients. A typical rule of thumb for crop rotation is to plant soil enrichers like legumes (think beans/peas), then heavy feeders like brassicas/nightshades (think broccoli/kale/tomatoes), you can ..read more
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Garden Planning – Step 3: Plan, Prep & Plant
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by gwenn
3y ago
Now that you’ve honed in on your plant choices, it’s time to create your planting plan. This step is actually more like two small steps: creating a seasonal planting plan and deciding on your seedling methods. Seedling choices vary from direct seeding, making your own seedlings, or buying transplants.    Creating your seasonal planting plan:   Different plants are planted and harvested during different seasons. Take a look at this planting chart to see when your crops should be planted and harvested. Write down the planting dates and the harvesting dates for your selected c ..read more
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Garden Planning – Step 2: Pick Your Plants
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by gwenn
3y ago
Garden Series: Choosing Your Plants By now, you should have your growing space all sorted out. For easy reference, we recommend writing down the conditions of your growing space. This will make it easy for you to reference when picking out your plants.   Example: Full sun (approx 6hrs), raised beds, easy access to water Or Part sun (approx 4 hours) in ground planting, limited water access.   Now, before we dive in we want to give a bit of a disclaimer that we ask you to do some research in the section below? Don’t let this intimidate you – growing a garden is a learning experien ..read more
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Garden Planning – Step 1: Assess Your Growing Space
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by gwenn
3y ago
MC Garden Planning Series Welcome to our garden prep series! If you are a new or first-time gardener, spring can be a little overwhelming, with lots of decisions to make in order to get ready for planting. But no worries – we’re here to help. Every week we will be giving you some advice on how to create your spring garden strategy. By the time this series is over, both you and your garden will be good to grow! Planning your garden is crucial to ensuring you maximize your space, effort and time, along with giving you those springtime feels while we wait for the weather to turn. First off, we’ll ..read more
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Should You Recycle Pizza Boxes?? The Answer Might Surprise You…
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by gwenn
3y ago
About 3 billion pizzas are sold each year in the United States. That’s a whole lot of pizza boxes! Fun fact: Out of the whole US, PENNSYLVANIA has the highest ratio of pizza places per 10,000 people. WE’RE NUMBER 1! WE’RE NUMBER 1! Obviously, pizza boxes are a pretty common part of the US waste stream, but did you know they are actually NOT recyclable? Shocked? We’ve know how you feel. But once you learn a little bit more about the paper recycling process, it makes total sense. Pizza boxes are commonly made of corrugated cardboard, which is recyclable. But once a pizza drops in that box, it i ..read more
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