Bits and Pieces I live and Garden in Vanderburgh County in Indiana, but you will find that a lot of the following can be used by people living anywhere. Is Nature's Recycling System free to Vanderburh County Resident's. You can get your soil tested. Contact the Farm Bur. Those discarded wooden pallets you see around the back of business's make great compost bins, just lash them together, and most business's will give them to you for free just to get rid of them.
Shredded leaves makes great mulch under bushes.
Some of the Tree Trimming Business's will give you Free wood chips, these make good mulch and can be added to compost piles also. Many local Stables offer all the horse manure you could use in your compost piles for little or no charge. All you need is a shovel and a pickup. Call them for info. Gardening can be for everyone.