Pre-baking weeds and plants that you've pulled from your lawn and garden before adding them to a compost pile can help ...

Plastic manufacturers are pushing to have their products counted as compost. Composters and farmers are trying to stop them.

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Bronner wrote to Curious Iowa, a Gazette series that answers readers’ questions, asking for a description of how what he puts ...

While it may seem like an eco-friendly way to boost your garden, applying coffee grounds directly to certain plants can do ...

Discover the best tip for creating faster compost in this insightful video. Learn how to speed up the composting process effectively, turning your organic waste into nutrient-rich compost more ...

MOCKSVILLE — Peter and Lyndsy Gallins’ 150-acre farm off Farmington Road stirs nostalgic feelings of agrarian life.

The best way to keep wasps and hornets away from compost piles is to keep them sealed. However, if you already have a pest problem in your compost pile, you will need to take additional measures to ...

Freiberg, who lives west of Fond du Lac, has a compost pile at home that contains vegetable scraps, leaves, coffee grounds and peelings from apples, bananas and potatoes, but no meat products. She ...

Meanwhile, commercial landscapers and other businesses can purchase compost in bulk. The Queens Compost Giveback Site will operate on Wednesdays from 5 pm to 7 pm and Saturday from 8 am to 10 am ...

Food dehydrators, which dry and grind up food into soil-like grounds, have emerged as a way to keep food waste out of the garbage. Here’s how to use them.

Drawbacks of windrow composting are: • Requires significant land space • It can produce odors if not managed properly • Weather conditions can impact the composting process From waste to ‘black gold’: ...