Compost at home? Don’t I have to send all my kitchen scraps to the curb in my green waste bin? Nope! They don’t ALL have to go into your green bin. They just can’t go into the landfill, according to ...

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 ...

They carefully measured each ingredient, finely chopping the materials before adding them to the pile. Ron Spendal, of Hillsboro, and his team were determined to win the contest. The task: to see ...

Making your own compost is simple and can be fun. You hear a lot of talk about going green. Well, having your own compost pile is as green as it gets. Composting your own yard and kitchen waste ...

Q: My garden area has really poor soil, but I am not sure just how to improve it. The water either puddles on the surface and stays there or it drains right through and the soil dries out quickly. My ...

William Otieno, a farmer prepares compost manure in Kisumu. Hot composting is quite simple and requires a minimal amount of daily effort. Getting good compost can take a long time due to regular ...

First popularized in Japan in the 1980s, bokashi composting is a unique, indoor composting method that has a number of advantages over other composting systems. Not only is bokashi composting small ...

Rebecca Rosen popped the lid open and dropped in some shredded lettuce. That lettuce, along with carrots, celery and banana peels was about to become dirt. Composting — turning organic waste such as ...