The single most useful thing you can do with a season of grass clippings is stop throwing them in the bin and start turning them into compost. A summer lawn the size of two parking bays produces ...

Learn about the benefits of leaving them on the lawn, creative ways to use them, and eco-friendly disposal options. Leave grass clippings on your lawn to naturally fertilize and improve soil health.

If mowing, collecting, and discarding clippings is your routine, it's time to change your lawn care practices. What to do with grass clippings instead? Clippings from healthy turf grass are loaded ...

Fallen branches. Pizza boxes. Bomb cyclone cleanup. The remains of a large dinner. What do they all have in common? They go in your compost bin. Compost is organic food and yard waste that’s collected ...

While most people treat grass clippings like trash, those gardeners in the know treat them like gold. Grass clippings are crazy useful for gardeners (and the average suburban yard maintainer), but ...

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Dr. Elizabeth Yuko is a bioethicist and adjunct professor of ethics at Fordham University. She has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, CNN & Playboy.

There are many ways to repurpose your lawn clippings. You can use cut grass for compost, organic fertilizer, eco-friendly mulch, or even animal feed, so long as it hasn't been treated with herbicides.

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