Recycled Landscaping Materials
When you decide to tackle the project of landscaping your backyard you should consider using recycled or organic landscaping materials. Many small towns and even some larger cities have areas in their city dumps that are set aside for people to dispose of old limbs, dead Christmas trees, lawn clippings and leaves raked during the fall. Depending on how your city deals with these materials they can be a great source of backyard landscaping materials. My town for example has shredded all the limbs, trees and wood products to create a bark mulch that can be used around the flower beds, trees and shrubs to add a great appearance to an otherwise dull backyard landscape.
In addition to mulch for your flower beds they also have a nice compost heap and mounds of soil. All of these recycled organic products make for great landscaping materials and are free for the taking. I encourage everyone to take advantage of the many recycled landscaping materials that are already present in your area before you start buying new expensive landscape supplies