Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When I cogitate on the methods and outcome of home composting, I often think of the title of the classic compost book, “Let it Rot” by Stu Campbell. The book ...

Want to learn how to make compost for your garden? Not only does compost help your plants grow stronger and healthier, but it's also the perfect way to reduce waste and do your part for the ...

Compost can provide your yard’s gardens and flower, tree and vegetable beds with healthy nutrients that help your plants grow. It’s also great for helping strengthen your soil in floods and droughts, ...

Question: I would like to start composting. Could you give me some guidance and suggestions for creating my own compost? Answer: I have often reflected on the idea that if all the organic matter ...

Composting is a great way to make use of kitchen waste like eggshells and coffee grounds, along with yard waste like grass clippings and leaves. In fact, a compost bin or compost pile will help you ...

Turning compost piles provides more air to beneficial microbes, helping to speed up the composting process and creating enough heat to kill weed seeds, pests, and pathogens. Aim to turn a hot compost ...

Winter is the perfect time to sketch out no-till beds, set up a compost system, and choose native plants for spring.

Whether you want “black gold” to feed your garden or you simply don’t want your kitchen scraps to end up in the landfill, the best composters make it easy to create nutrient-rich fertilizer using ...

Americans throw away nearly 40 percent of food produced in the nation, most of which ends up in landfills, where it emits methane as it degrades. The gas then rises into the air, where it damages the ...

Every fall, as vibrant leaves blanket the ground, homeowners start their annual raking routine. This year, instead of throwing your leaves away, consider adding them to your compost pile. While it may ...

With spring and summer gardens being planted as the weather turns warm, composting is a great way to reduce waste. Composting is a natural way to turn what would have been garbage into a nutrient-rich ...

Creating compost -- that amalgam of less-than-pleasant items such as dead leaves and flowers, vegetable and fruit scraps and even manure, which is then aged until it decomposes, creating a wonderfully ...