The best gardeners know the simple truth about compost: It’s better than fertilizer when it comes to providing a nutrient-rich growing environment for plants. Composting is easy and inexpensive, and ...

The best compost bins can handle everything from your morning coffee and eggs, to the veggie stir fry you had for dinner and any additional scraps, peels and grounds over the course of a day.

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Setting up an in-home recycling program isn't so hard these days, particularly since the majority of our local garbage haulers allow items to be "co-mingled." Co-mingling describes the practice of ...

This article was written for MSN. Wondering how to compost kitchen waste at home? These 10 simple tips will help you turn food scraps into rich, nutrient-dense compost while reducing food waste. If ...

Readers have weighed in recently with comments and questions on compost, winter vegetables, spinach and sources for broccolini seed and Puget Summer strawberries. Comment: Re the compost column. In ...

Using a compost heap is a great way of putting food waste to use, but that waste can take several weeks or longer to become compost – in the meantime, it may stink or attract pests. The indoor Kalea ...

My garbage bin composting system keeps up with my kitchen waste during the winter and spring. During the summer it is a different story. From faded peony flowers to strawberry hulls from making ...