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Gardening, Composting and Recycling Resources for Thurston County
Home Gardening, Composting, and Recycling Advice 2022
Growing Fruits & Vegetables Successfully in Thurston County
Fall Gardening (coming soon)
Gardening Resources
Gardening Info & Fact Sheets
WSU Publications 1-800-723-1763
https://pubs.extension.wsu.edu
Hortsense
http://hortsense.cahnrs.wsu.edu/Home/HortsenseHome.aspx
Pestsense
http://pestsense.cahnrs.wsu.edu/Home/PestsenseHome.aspx
Pacific Northwest Management Books
WSU Puyallup Plant & Insect Diagnostic Laboratory
http://www.puyallup.wsu.edu/plantclinic/
Thurston County Noxious Weeds Fact Sheets and Videos
http://www.co.thurston.wa.us/tcweeds/factsheets.htm
Thurston County Environmental Health (IPM, Gardening Guides, Grow Smart/Grow Safe etc.)
http://www.co.thurston.wa.us/health/ehadm/index.html
https://www.growsmartgrowsafe.org/
National Pesticide Information Center 1-800-858-7378
Great Plant Picks
Composting Resources
Silver Springs Organics Composting Facility in Rainier: http://www.silverspringsorganics.com/index.html
- Current list of what can and can’t go into the organics/yard waste bin for Thurston County home collection (does not include City of Olympia policies) http://www.silverspringsorganics.com/products.html
Adventures of Herman the Worm (everything you want to know about worms)
https://extension.illinois.edu/worms/history/
WSU-sponsored Composting Pages
https://puyallup.wsu.edu/soils/compost/
Washington Organic Recycling Council
http://www.compostwashington.org/
WA Department of Ecology compost program
https://ecology.wa.gov/Waste-Toxics/Reducing-recycling-waste/Organic-materials
US Composting Council
Seattle Tilth Composting Information
http://seattletilth.org/learn/resources-1/compost
Soils for Salmon
Recycling and Waste Reduction Resources
Thurston County Solid Waste
- Links to Thurston County Waste and Recovery Center and Where do I take my? database.
https://www.thurstoncountywa.gov/pw/sw-grhome/Pages/sw-Main.aspx
City of Olympia Garbage, Recycling, & Organics
https://www.olympiawa.gov/services/garbage___recycling/index.php
Waste Connections/LeMay, Inc
http://www.thurston.lemayinc.com/
Destination of garbage from Thurston County
Roosevelt Regional Landfill: https://www.republicservices.com/roosevelt-landfill
Destination of organic materials from Thurston County
Silver Springs Organics: http://www.silverspringsorganics.com/