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 ...
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 ...
When the temperature starts to drop, our gardens tend to take a backseat. But if you want to get a headstart on next year’s ...
There are dozens of reasons why people compost. Atlanta-based builder and amateur gardener De’Von Dixon began composting about four years ago, hoping to cut down on food waste and enrich his garden ...
If you haven’t started your composting journey, consider this your sign to begin. Turning your kitchen scraps and backyard ...
When I moved into my first solo apartment, I was fresh off six years in a four-bedroom railroad apartment. My ever-changing cast of roommates and I shared a sturdy, industrial-size trash can that was ...
Compost is made from decomposed organic matter and can be used as a fertilizer and soil conditioner. Hiraman Compost, in all of its goodness, proves to be better than fertilizer when it comes to ...
By Liah Continentino As the holiday season arrives, so does a surge in food waste. A 2020 study by Penn State found that U.S.
Composting is the process of turning organic waste, such as kitchen scraps and yard debris, into nutrient-rich fertilizer. This transformation is facilitated by microorganisms, including bacteria and ...
This simple 3-bay composting system will help Susan Mulvihill create more compost for her garden this year. (SUSAN MULVIHILL/FOR THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW) Buy this photo Compost is an essential ingredient ...