Most people walk past their lawn trimmings, fallen leaves, and garden debris without a second thought. That pile of waste by ...

For an eco-friendly household, composting fruit and vegetable waste is key, and this is one food scrap you might not think of ...

Your compost pile will be a mix of “browns” and “greens”. Together, with water and air, these materials will decompose and transform into a soil amendment. ISTOCK PHOTO Your compost pile will be a mix ...

Manure-based compost piles can be more work and take more time than piles fueled by kitchen scraps. But the rewards are too good to pass up. Many horse and mule stables in the area offer free manure ...

Leaves are beginning to fall from deciduous trees, and this will increase over the next few weeks. The question is, “What do we do with all of those leaves?” I’ve been seeing information online ...

"The main concern with small mammal waste is more about parasites than anything else." ...

Maggots in compost are almost always black soldier fly larvae, and in most bins they’re harmless. Finding a modest number of ...

Many landscape plants can benefit greatly from amended soil. Our native sandy soil drains readily and doesn’t do so well with holding on to soil nutrients and water. But you can produce your own ...

"I just dump the whole bin of shredded paper on top of it." ...

While coffee grounds and banana peels both add valuable nutrients, this compost material is even easier to come by and would otherwise go to the landfill.