Person dumping food scraps into a compost pile - Viktor Sergeevich/Shutterstock Compost is made up of decomposed organic matter that enriches your soil and provides food for your plants. If you're a ...

Compost has been dubbed "garden gold." But it is important to do your composting correctly. While it is generally okay to take a laid-back approach to composting, there are a few caveats to keep in ...

To help you avoid the worst composting mistakes, we spoke to experts in gardening and horticulture to learn about some of the ...

As the growing season draws to a close and your garden beds are filled with dead plants, consider adding them to your compost pile to benefit your yard.

Fresh mustard greens are ready to be harvested at the Childcare Network in Raleigh in 2016. Juli Leonard jleonard@newsobserver.com We’re in the thick of the summer season, y’all. Plants (like us) are ...

It's done a great job all summer, and is now spent. Give it some love so it's ready again in spring. It’s the end of the season, and we’re all starting to tuck in our garden beds for winter. The soil ...

Welcome to The Compost, a weekly newsletter on key environmental news impacting Southern California. Subscribe now to get it in your inbox! In today’s edition… It’s been nearly a year since the ...

Our beautiful holiday season is quickly coming to an end. At our house we aren’t ready to put away the decorations just yet.

Compost is made up of decomposed organic matter that enriches your soil and provides food for your plants. If you're a dedicated composter, you need to be very careful about what goes into your pile, ...