Metro DC Lawn and Garden Blog

Links and Resources

Butterflies

• Butterflies of DC
• Butterflies of Maryland
• Butterflies of Virginia

Compost Info

• Arlington Virginia
  Rain Barrels
  $ Buy bins from Arlington County
• Fairfax County
  Composting
• Frederick County Government
  Composting at Home - General info and where to buy a Geo-Bin
  Give Backyard Composting a Try – pdf file
• Maryland Department of the Environment 
  Composting
   Building Your Own Compost Pile
• Virginia Cooperative Extension
   Making Compost from Yard Waste
• EPA – Backyard Composting - pdf file
• Metro DC Lawn and Garden Blog
  Posts on this blog that mention compost

Cooperative Extension Services

• Virginia Cooperative Extension
•  Home and Garden Information Center - Maryland Cooperative Extension
• Cooperative Extension Service – Washington, DC

Free (or low cost) Mulch and Other Garden Goodies

• Arlington Virginia, Mulch and Fill Dirt
• College Park – Smart Leaf Compost
• Falls Church, Virginia – Free Mulch
• Frederick County Mulch and Premium Compost
• Montgomery County, Free mulch
• Takoma Park Mulch

Native Plant Information

• Chesapeake Natives
• Maryland Native Plant Society
• Virginia Native Plant Society 
• Plants of the Chesapeake Bay
• Firewise Landscaping Plants for Maryland(pdf)
• Native Plants for Conservation, Restoration and Landscaping (VA)
• Maryland Tree Benefit Calculator (really neat tool!)

Rain Barrels

• Northern Virginia Rain Barrel Registration
• Rain barrels from Scott Key Center
• Where to buy empty barrels to make your own James T Warring
• Instructions to build a simple rain barrel
• Posts on this blog that mention rain barrels

Miscellaneous

•  I Want Maryland's Best - Program initiated by Maryland farmers to educate  homeowner about "Backyard Actions for a Cleaner Chesapeake Bay”.

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Written by Betsy S. Franz on July 12, 2010