Brown compost materials are the carbon-rich backbone that lets your pile heat up, break down efficiently, and ultimately ...

As the growing season draws to a close and your garden beds are filled with dead plants, consider adding them to your 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 ...

Composting is the natural process of recycling organic materials into nutrient-rich fertilizer. It’s a great way to put your kitchen scraps and yard waste to good use, supercharge your soil and plants ...

Composting is a great way to make use of kitchen waste like eggshells and coffee grounds, along with yard waste like grass clippings and leaves. In fact, a compost bin or compost pile will help you ...

Ever felt like your compost pile just isn’t working as well as you hoped? Plenty of people dive in with good intentions, only ...

Adding more browns, like dry leaves or paper, is often suggested as a fix for smelly compost. It does help balance out wet, ...

It's not out of a zombie film but it's close: used drywall can help bring dead soils back to life, according to a new University of Alberta study. M. Anne Naeth, a researcher with the Department of ...

Twenty miles south of Boise, crews at the city compost farm are bracing for the busy season. “Grass season,” as compost program director Lisa Knapp calls it, means bag after bag of lawn clippings and ...

Like many Americans, I enjoy drinking a cup of coffee in the morning, especially this time of year. My coffee drinking habit started as a child. I was told by my grandmother that drinking coffee would ...