Is your compost a veritable Vesuvius of foul-smelling, putrescible plant waste? You might be doing everything wrong. Fear not ...

Whole or carved pumpkins make excellent compost, but not all pumpkins should be composted. Andreas Häuslbetz / Getty Images Every year, about 1.3 billion pumpkins are thrown in the trash in the United ...

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 ...

Gardeners are encouraged to compost leaves this fall to improve soil health. With plenty of leaves, grass clippings and garden debris available, residents can create compost piles that benefit the ...

We have two freestanding plastic composters in our home garden so we can do our small part in reducing waste going to a landfill. Continue putting organic material from the kitchen in the composter ...

Compost tea is the process of extracting liquid from solid compost material. Feed your plants with compost tea every couple of weeks for the best results. Schedule compost tea feeding on watering days ...

I this video I explain what we do when we run out of our own homemade compost. I also show our composting bay system made from pallets and describe how to use this method to make the best compost.

It takes time to make compost. Organic matter requires about two to three months to break down in hot compost piles, and up to a year or more in cold composting systems. But if you add a compost ...

This monthly column is written by Kendra Bruno, aka Compost Girl, who is the waste prevention specialist for the city of Napa. To submit questions, email kbruno@cityofnapa.org. What’s hotter than Napa ...

Pick the best location for your compost bin with these considerations in mind. No one wants to lug heavy piles of yard waste to an out-of-the-way compost bin—especially in the dead of winter. However, ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) As a young boy, I had to contend with my grandfather's compost heap. It was a veritable Vesuvius of foul-smelling, putrescible plant waste, a metre high and hidden behind a ...