Gardening season is underway and you may have questions. For answers, turn to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University’s Extension Service. OSU Extension faculty ...

Skip animal waste, meat/fish scraps, dairy, and bones. Avoid diseased or bug‑infested plants, coal/charcoal ash, chemically treated yard waste, and any plastic or coated paper. Glossy cardboard, fruit ...

Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. Haley ...

Wondering what to do with pumpkin? The city of Raleigh is asking people to reuse or compost their pumpkins or throw them away with ordinary trash. Do not dump pumpkins in nature or throw them away ...

Q: Thanks for your recent column about composters you can buy. I built my own last year out of untreated wood pallets; it’s partially open-air and it’s about a 4-foot cube in a fairly sunny location.

Dear Neil: My wife and I like to make our own compost to amend the soil in our vegetable garden and potted plants. We always end up with volunteer vegetable seedlings (tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, etc ...

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Composting is a way to expand recycling to organic materials right in our own yards. Organic landscape materials contribute significantly to using up space in community landfills. By recycling these ...

The United Nations reports that food waste contributes to 8% to 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions. If it were its own country, it would be the third-largest contributor of greenhouse gas ...

Experimenting with compost is an excellent way to recycle kitchen waste into something useful and beneficial for the garden you've worked hard on. But while there are several things on the list of ...