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Get Your Yard Ready For Winter With Help

This is the time of year when rakes are the most valuable tool in your garage. Depending upon how many trees are on your property, you could be spending almost every other weekend raking up those leaves. At times, it may seem like a never-ending battle with the leaves always winning! Of course, if you have kids around then nothing beats making a pile for them to jump in. The issue then becomes what do you do with all the bags of leaves? That’s where Junk King Columbus can come into play. Although they specialize in junk removal like furniture and appliances, they can certainly make a huge difference when it comes to helping you get your yard ready for winter.

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The first thing the Junk King Columbus crew does when they arrive at your place is size up all the things you want taken away. This means you’ll be giving them a tour of your junk. You could have a stack of lumber out in the backyard and some auto-parts in the garage. There might also be a swing set you want taken down or some bricks removed from a garden. You could then show them boxes of household goods and clothing that are in the garage that you’d like taken away. There might even be a sofa down in the basement or dresser up in the attic that you want removed. It all can go on the same trip.

Once the Junk King Columbus team has looked over all of those items there be able to present you with a written estimate for the job. That estimate is going to be based upon how tightly they can pack up the truck with all your stuff. This is why they need to do that estimate in person. The good news is that the crews always work hard to pack the trucks up with his much stuff as possible. That way they can get to many customers in a single day. The benefit of that will allow you to get a low price for your job every time. The best way to get your yard and home ready for winter is to bring in Junk King Columbus.

Fall Yard Waste And Leaf Removal In Columbus

Just as spring is the traditional time for planting, fall is the time for clearing. If you were living on a farm, then the harvest season would keep you busy from sun up to sun down. For the rest of us, that clearing often takes the form or leaf removal. That requires a lot of raking and bagging. Then what happens? Either you can crammed all those leaves into your trashcan or bring in some outside help. That would be where Junk King comes into play. Best of all, you don’t have to hire Junk King just for leaf removal. Those crews can do a whole lot more to help clean up your yards and home.

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Junk King will dispatch a crew for your appointment that will be doing all the actual work. When they say, “We’ve got this” they truly mean it! It doesn’t matter how heavy, dirty or bulky an object might be the Junk King team will make sure it is loaded and taken away.

Often, the Junk King team will be asked to dismantle something in order for it to fit onto the back of the truck. It’s not a stretch to have Junk King take down a woodshed, pull up a fence, remove a child’s swing set or even dismantle a hot tub. Its all “good to go” as far as Junk King is concerned.

Of course, the Junk King crew doesn’t have to stop as the yard work. In that same appointment, you can get them to remove all kinds of objects from the inside of your home. If you haven’t been able to park your car in the garage because of all the clutter, then turn Junk King loose in there! Before you know it, that garage can become a wide-open space again. Won’t it be nice to park there when the snows starts falling?

As for the pricing, you’ll find that Junk King offers an extremely affordable rate for this type of service. You’ll be charged a flat fee based on how much space your junk is going to take up on the back of the truck. This is an estimate that will be presented to you when the crew has had an opportunity to size up your junk. All of this happens before the works begins so there won’t be any surprises as the end of the job. Yard waste removal and junk hauling just got a lot easier thanks to Junk King.

Why Junk King Columbus Composts All Yard Waste

Composting is a great way to dispose of yard waste in a sustainable and eco-friendly way

What is composting?

The term compost refers to any kind of organic matter that has been recycled into a fertilizer and soil amendment though a natural decomposing process. Composting is a natural process but there are steps you can take to help it along. Naturally over time, the ground gets covered with a layer of organic materials, which includes leaves, branches, manure and animal remains. During the rains, this layer becomes wet, which hastens the decomposition. Over weeks, months, and sometimes even years, depending on the natural climate and environmental conditions, this is turned into humus and it is this layer of nutrient rich earth that is known as top soil.

Flowers on a hillsideScience has come up with several ways of speeding up the composting process to produce richer fertilizer using less conventional base materials and within a shorter span of time. Modern yard waste composting can be a complex, multi-step process that involves the addition of carefully measured amounts of air, water, carbon, nitrogen-rich materials, and beneficial organisms like aerobic bacteria and fungi.

How to make compost out of yard waste

Making compost is a simple process, as long as you have the time and space to devote to it. You’ll want to set aside a portion of your yard or property (here in Dublin where space is at a premium that isn’t always easy but that is why we take all suitable organic debris to a place where they will compost it). Clear the ground of grass, weeds, plants, or yard waste until you get a plot of bare earth. Once the ground is clear, add a two to three inch deep layer of twigs or straw. This ensures better drainage and helps aerate the mound. Next, add the yard waste in alternate layers of moist and dry materials.

Add a nitrogen source in the form of animal or green manure. Good sources include wheatgrass, clover, and buckwheat, which is why these crops are grown on in rotation on plots of land used for organic farming. The nitrogen activates the compost pile and helps speed up the process. Make sure you keep the compost slightly moist. Given the normal amounts of precipitation here in central Ohio, it should only be an issue in times of drought. If needed, water the compost pile or bin occasionally but that and the occasional turning for aeration, is about all you need to do, then just let nature take it’s course.

If you live in a urban or suburban area you may want to buy or build a bin that will keep scavengers and pests from getting into your compost pile. Otherwise, cover the mound with wood or mulch to help retain moisture. Finally, give the pile a quick turn every other week with a pitchfork to provide aeration and to help the bio-degradtion.

Supplementing your compost

Many organic gardeners add specific ingredients to for trace nutrients or microbes; two of the most common are egg shells and coffee grounds but please be careful before you consider doing so, any type of food can draw bugs, animals and other pests. As noted above, there are special bins you can buy or build to facilitate composting and to make it easier (more compact, keep out animals, etc.)

Composting yard waste keeps it out of our landfills, keeps the nutrients in our local eco-system, and is an effective way of recycling of natural materials. It is a great aid to organic farming or suburban landscaping, as it produces, fresh, 100 percent green fertilizer for plants.

Many central Ohioans find themselves too busy to do everything they should, or want, to do for the environment, and this includes composting. In the Columbus area you can call Junk King Columbus for yard waste removal and we’ll handle it for you. We take everything possible, which means all organic yard waste, to a facility which composts and then re-uses it locally.

Columbus Yard Waste

When you think of sweet wine tastings, images of California’s Napa Valley or the rich vineyards of France spring to mind.  Generally, people do not consider Columbus, Ohio as a wine capitol. But thanks to some new grants, local wineries are able to plant more grapes which are going to mean the potential for more award winning wine. Have you ever thought about planting some grapes or even a small veggie garden in your backyard? It’s not as challenging as you might think. The first question then becomes, what shape is your backyard in? You might have to clear out some space. This could mean digging up sod, pulling out bushes and basically turning your yard upside down. Luckily, you can call on the services of a Columbus Ohio yard waste removal service to be part of your garden project.

The simple truth is that you can’t start growing until you do some clearing. This is the perfect kind of project to involve the whole family. Get some twine to mark out the territory then pass out the shovels. In no time you’ll have mounds of dirt that need to be hauled away. This isn’t something you can merely pour into a garbage can. There’s going to be way too much yard waste for the weekly municipal pick-up. If you’ve already planned ahead then you’ve scheduled for a professional yard waste removal team to do the pick-up and hauling. You could dig up on Friday and be planting by Sunday!  And don’t worry if you don’t have a green thumb. There are so many amazing website resources that can take you through the process of planting and growing your own vegetables and herbs.

Maybe gardening just isn’t your thing. But that doesn’t mean your backyard can’t stand with a bit of freshening up. Perhaps you want to lay the ground work for a new deck or patio. And don’t forget about the possibilities of installing a soothing hot tub in a secluded corner of the yard. For any one of those projects, you’re going to have to clear some ground just like you would with a garden. And just like a garden project, you’ll be creating mounds of dirt, sods, broken concrete or bricks. All of that yard waste can be hauled away in one trip with an experienced Columbus yard waste removal company.

Chances are if you’re taking on a backyard project you might be doing a lot of the work yourself. That’s half the fun! But that doesn’t mean you have to do everything. Would you even know where to haul a truck load of dirt? Would you want to put a truck load of dirt into your own car? Of course not and why should you when you can bring in the pros with a yard waste removal company.

It’s also a smart move to do a little research and add a Columbus yard waste removal company to your list of “important phone numbers.” Just like a having a good plumber or handyman on your contact list, a yard waste removal company will sure come in handy if any storms sweep through and leave a path of destruction in your backyard. Don’t get caught unprepared!

Junk King Columbus provides professional and affordable yard waste removal services in the Ohio area.  Feel free to book your free on site estimate online, or call 1-800-995-JUNK for more information.

Junk King Columbus
819 Phillipi Road
Columbus, OH 43228
Hours: M-Sa: 8A-6P

Providing junk removal services to the Columbus area, including:

Adelphi
Amlin
Brice
Buckeye Lake
Canal Winchester
Carbon Hill
Clarington
Columbus
Dublin
Galloway
Grove City
Groveport
Harrisburg
Haydenville
Hilliard
Irwin
Kirkersville
Lockbourne
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