Healthy Natural Lawns

A well-maintained yard has a mixture of healthy soil, plants, and grass.

Healthy Soil:

• Aerate your lawn every 4 years. After aerating spread a small amount of compost on the lawn surface.
• Test your soil before adding fertilizers or pesticides. Many weeds and pests are caused by improper PH levels. 
• Add compost or sand to aerate the soil and replenish.

• Keep your lawn 3 inches high. Root growth is proportional. In other words - the taller the grass, the longer the roots.
• Leave the grass clippings on the lawn. If you bag them, you are robbing your lawn of an easy and cheap form of nitrogen.  
• Mow often enough that only 1/3 of the grass blade is cut each time.
• Lawns have shady and sunny areas so don't plant just one type of grass. Convert it into an ornamental area with black mondo grass, oxalis, or ceanothus.
• Use rye and fescue blends that can tolerate our wet winters and dry summers.

• Get to know your weeds. Moss likes wet, shady areas with acidic soil that is compacted. Clover likes soil that is low in nitrogen.
• Pull weeds right away. If you pull them when they are young, you'll save on pesticides later.
• A lawn doesn't have to have a manicured look. Investigate alternative groundcovers such as thyme, lithadora, oxalis, and beach strawberries; or ornamental grasses such as feather reed grass, tufted hair grass, and blue oat grass.

• Water less frequently but more deeply.  Watering too much promotes shallow roots and weaker grass that is more prone to disease.  Find out how much to water with the Regional Water Providers Consortium Weekly Watering Number.  
• Never water during the heat of the day - you will lose water to evaporation and burn the leaves on the plants.

Supporting Documents

Compost

Newgrow Compost

Garden bags have been discontinued - we offer bulk only
Please pull forward and push the green button on our touchless kiosk.
Then return to your vehicle.
Our operator will assist with payment and load your truck or trailer.
 
REGULAR HOURS:

Monday through Friday:  8AM - 3:30PM

CLOSED Weekends & Holidays

Entrance: 2600 NE Wynooski Rd. Newberg-located with RV Station entrance

Payment: Credit Card Kiosk

$10 per cu. yard Bulk

Loads as small as 1/2 yard
Any size commercial truck (delivery not provided)

• Popular with Landscapers, Greenhouses, Vineyards, and Homeowners
• NOT made from livestock manure or yard debris
• Free of pathogens, plant debris - made with CLEAN SAWDUST
• Heat cured in temperature controlled indoor bays - digitally monitored process
• Laboratory tested

The Composting Process:
Wastewater treatment facilities collect and treat wastewater from residential sources. The liquids and solids are separated during this process. Microorganisms then digest the solid material, leaving behind a byproduct that mostly consists of the cells of these miniature cleaning crews.

The City of Newberg then uses this to create compost.  It is "de-watered" and mixed with clean sawdust then placed into temperature controlled bays where it must reach temperatures of 52-55 C for a period of time - the "cure process". This composting method removes or "cooks" out the pathogens - leaving quality clean compost.

The "bays" are monitored 24 hours a day with temperature probes placed at regular intervals. In addition the compost is tested in our laboratory and must meet or exceed the EPA standards. Batches that fail to meet standards are not placed out for public use.

THIS PRODUCT IS FULLY CURED TO MEET EPA  "CLASS A" standard FOR USE WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS. It exceeds all EPA and DEQ standards. It is low in metals, free of pathogenic organisms. It has a neutral PH of 7.0   It is tested and monitored throughout the heat cure process.

NEWGROW COMPOST is a "CLASS A" product with no restriction on its use.

(Class A designation Under Oregon Code of Federal Regulations, Chapter 40, Part 503 (40CFR503)  Annual testing data can be provided by emailing a request to Operations@newbergoregon.gov.)

For questions or more information:Ph: 503-537-1252   Email: operations@newbergoregon.gov

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Location

Compost Sales Depot
2600 Wynooski Rd NE 45.285625, -122.952519
Newberg, OR 97132
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