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Compost bins, rain barrels for sale
Press release from Butler County Recycling and Solid Waste District:
The Butler Soil and Water Conservation District (Butler SWCD) has added compost bins and rain barrels to their annual Tree and Groundcover Sale held this month. Butler SWCD will use proceeds from this sale to fund the district’s education program, grants for schools and scholarships for students.
“More and more homeowners are contacting Butler SWCD to find out about composting, rain barrels, and creating rain gardens,” said Butler SWCD District Administrator Kevin Fall. “It just makes sense to offer these products as a part of our traditional tree sale,” he said.
Compost is one of nature’s best mulches and soil amendments and you can use it instead of commercial fertilizers. Compost loosens clay soils, improves soil fertility, stimulates healthy root development in plants, improves soils capacity to hold water and attracts earthworms and other beneficial microbes to your soil. Compost bins make the compost pile more attractive, while keeping out unwanted animals. The compost bins for sale are called Earth Machines. Butler SWCD is offering the compost bins at the discounted price of $60 each (Earth Machines typically sell for $100 retail).
“Up to one-third of the waste generated by residential households is organic material, like vegetable food scraps. Composting provides a natural way to use these materials to benefit the environment and reduce waste,” said Recycling & Solid Waste District Coordinator Anne Fiehrer Flaig.
Butler SWCD is selling the rain barrels at a reduced price of $120, thanks to the Butler County Storm Water District. Bob Lentz, the storm water coordinator, is enthusiastic about the sale and states, “Rain barrels help to keep rain water onsite where it belongs, allowing us to use this free resource, which is better for your plants and better for your wallet.”
The sale also includes many species of trees, shrubs, groundcovers, grasses and animal homes. Butler SWCD will take orders through March 26 or until the supply is exhausted. Pick-up dates will be April 22-23 at the Butler County Fairgrounds. An order form is available at www.ButlerSWCD.org or by stopping by the Butler SWCD office located at 1802 Princeton Road, Suite 300, Hamilton, Ohio 45011. For more information, call 513-887-3720 weekdays or visit the above referenced website.
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