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 ...

Stationary composting bins typically hold between 10 and 15 cubic feet of material. Gardeners know that the key to beautiful, bountiful beds is to nourish them with compost. This rich “super soil” can ...

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, ...

Composting is a way to recycle living matter by allowing it to decompose under controlled conditions. Well-made compost can improve your garden soil by increasing its ability to hold water and ...

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 ...

Halloween pumpkins have begun rotting and many people will have food scraps from Thanksgiving, but these don’t have to be thrown away. Composting can give food and organic waste a new life and reduce ...

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 ...

At the New Hampshire University Organic Dairy Research Farm in Lee, even the heat for the wash water is organic and locally sourced. The heat comes from the farm’s composting facility, a building that ...