Wondering what to do with all those leftover pumpkin guts? Give them a second life in your garden with these best ways to use ...

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 ...

Every fall, yards across the country transform into seas of crunchy, colorful chaos. Homeowners grab rakes, sigh deeply, and ...

Turning compost piles regularly produces faster results and kills weed seeds. Turning compost piles provides more air to beneficial microbes, helping to speed up the composting process and creating ...

Composting is the process of breaking down organic matter, like food scraps, into all-natural fertilizer. This is how to ...

Some gardeners have asked if composting garden, yard and food waste is sustainable or beneficial to the environment since the composting process generates lots of carbon dioxide, the principal ...

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 quickly ...

Q. What’s wrong with my compost pile? This is a question we master gardeners hear often. Usually, the answer is straightforward, but occasionally we get some head-scratchers. This week I’ll cover some ...

Compost can provide your yard’s gardens and flower, tree and vegetable beds with healthy nutrients that help your plants grow. It’s also great for helping strengthen your soil in floods and droughts, ...

Do you compost? For years I have tried to. I have built several rudimentary compost bins. My first one was built out of chicken wire and fence posts. It was huge. I remember dumping dozens of bags of ...

Farmers handle a wide range of responsibilities to keep operations running—and a routine but often overlooked duty is safely ...

Composting naturally carries a distinct odor. On Meinecke’s farm, the scent of decomposing food hangs heavy in the air. He knows his neighbors can smell it, but he insists it’s simply a part of real ...