Dead and decaying wood in the garden is home to a teeming community of organisms. So a slowly decaying pile of logs, a tree stump, section of ...

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If last week's green beans, corn cobs, and dinner rolls are still crowding your fridge, set aside a plate of these items for ...

Conservationist Bill Ginn is mad about what happened at the Hawk Ridge Compost Facility that he started 35 years ago as a ...

From raising soil pH to being a line of defense against pests, we bet you didn't know all the ways you can use ash from your fireplace around your property.

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 ...

The town has received a $300,000 grant to install a new composting facility at the Kent transfer station where food scraps will be collected as part of a larger effort by the state to divert organic ...

A 17-year-old York Suburban student wants to build community, reduce waste in landfills, and enrich the soil through a new community compost bin project. For Alexia Purkanto, it began with a compost ...

In sync with the cooler and rainy weather, Denver kicked off its annual LeafDrop program on Monday. The program allows residents to drop off their leaves to have them turned into compost rather than ...