Composting involves decomposing organic materials to create nutrient-rich soil. A compost pile needs a balance of green (nitrogen-rich) and brown (carbon-rich) materials. Maintaining proper moisture, ...

Gardeners often assume outdoor compost piles stop working in cold weather, but beneficial microbes can continue to break down compost all winter. The problem is that composting takes much longer in ...

MILWAUKEE -- It is a little easier to rip out this year’s plants knowing that they can be composted and recycled into “black gold”, as gardeners call it. Find out what to put in and what not to along ...

Twenty miles south of Boise, crews at the city compost farm are bracing for the busy season. “Grass season,” as compost program director Lisa Knapp calls it, means bag after bag of lawn clippings and ...

Question: I am constructing raised beds about 30 inches deep. There are two beds, one 10 feet long and the second 20 feet long. I am interested in finding out what soil composition would be best in ...

Whole or carved pumpkins make excellent compost, but not all pumpkins should be composted. Every year, about 1.3 billion pumpkins are thrown in the trash in the United States. However, carved, whole, ...

Why pay to throw away leaves, grass clippings, kitchen scraps and other household organic waste when you could turn it into superb soil? That’s the idea of composting – improving your lousy soil while ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. The fig beetles seem late this year, and maybe they are. It’s been ...

Chris in Ocean View, Delaware, writes: “You recently said that shredded leaves typically don’t break down into compost until the following August. But for years you’ve been telling us to apply a top ...

This time last year, my slow crawl toward living more sustainably led me to start composting at home. But perhaps to the chagrin of my farming grandparents, I had no plans to do it myself. Instead, I ...

Here's how to keep composting in winter so you'll have finished compost in spring. Gardeners often assume outdoor compost ...