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A question for Dan Gill: I bag my grass clippings when mowing, and I've been piling them up all summer.The pile heats up, and the clippings decompose quickly. Does this make good vegetable compost ...

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If you apply a standard weed and feed and remove one-third of the leaf blade with each mowing, you should be safe to compost grass clippings from the fourth cutting after the application ...

When making DIY compost, it's recommended to balance green vs. brown materials, and grass clippings are one of the most readily available and effective green materials for composting.

Use Grass Clippings as Compost. Instead of collecting and discarding grass clippings, leave them on the lawn every time you mow. Like compost, ...

As a practical matter, I've heard gardeners say they've used herbicide-treated grass clippings as both mulch and compost after waiting a month or so.

When you leave the grass clippings on the yard, you provide up to 50% of the fertilizer needed to maintain a healthy lawn. This means you won't have to apply as much man-made fertilizer separately ...