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Check out the Purdue Cooperative Extension Service's Don't Bag It! web page at: Local Yard Waste Programs: All Wabash County Residents....Need wood chip mulch for your landscaping and gardening? The Wabash County Highway Department provides a free source of wood chip mulch from roadside brush and storm debris. The wood chips are located on Grover St. (off Manchester Avenue) in Wabash. Be prepared to load and transport the wood chips. Call the Highway Department at 563-2091 for more information. The wood chipper used for this mulching program was partially funded through a grant from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management. City of Wabash residents - Rake leaves onto your tree lawn (not into the street) for curbside collection. Call 563-4171 for more information. Town of North Manchester residents - Take brush and small limbs to the North Manchester street barn on the first Saturday of the month. You can also take finished chips home with you. Call 982-9800 for details. Town of LaFontaine residents - Call the street department at 981-4591 for the leaf drop-off location. COMPOST:Compost: Compost is produced when organic waste decomposes. Composting reduces yard and food waste, provides a nutrient-rich soil enhancer and saves you money. Composting can be a science or a very simple process. Your level of involvement is up to you. How does composting work? Call the District or drop by our office to browse through our materials on composting. Check out these Web sites:
Compost with worms! They speed up the composting process and produce a richer blend. Not only that, they are fun! Call the District to find out more about it and how we can get you started. Want more Info? We have books, videos and our own worm bin. Take the World Worm Tour by visiting this Vermicomposting website: http://www.wormdigest.org.NATIVE VEGETATION:Using native vegetation in gardening and landscaping reduces yard waste by
Information on plants native to Indiana is available from the Wabash County Extension Office. For more detailed information on sources and growing instructions, please contact them at (260) 563-0661. (website: http://www.ces.purdue.edu/wabash). Link for list of Native Indiana Groundcovers (this is a pdf download - you will need the Adobe Reader): Check these out:
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Wabash County Solid Waste Management District
1101 Manchester Avenue
Wabash, Indiana 46992
PHONE: (260) 563-7649
This site edited by Judi Wise. Contact her with comment or questions at jwise@slashthetrash.com
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