When you have bags of grass and leaves, don't throw them away.
Its never too late to start a compost pile with these goodies.
Many people bag their grass clippings because they like to see
their lawn neat and tidy. But your lawn can use this rich source
of nitrogen. Instead of bagging those clippings, scientists at
Michigan State University say you should mulch them back into
your lawn to keep it well-fed. But if you would rather fill up a
few garbage bags of nitrogen each week, you may as well get some
use out of it in your compost pile. Green grass isn't the only
ingredient for compost. Matter of fact, if your pile only
contains grass, it can create a horrible stench in the back
yard, rather than an undetectable pile of compost. Your compost
pile needs an equal amount of yard waste that contain carbon,
like dried leaves, straw and even shredded newspaper. Usually,
materials containing carbon are brown. If you have veggie
scraps, apple cores, egg shells, coffee grounds, you have some
nice ingredients to add