This often-tossed material from container gardens and houseplants is a great carbon-rich material for your compost pile that ...

A buried system like this one can still be useful outside of apartment buildings or in cities with compost restrictions.

IT’S July – and the peak month for tomato anxiety. Although pretty easy to grow, tomatoes do need tending to. And whichever ...

PARKERSBURG – In an effort to cut down on materials going to landfills and to reduce chemicals in growing food, many people have turned to an age-old method of fertilizing their gardens by composting.

Every spring I order a large load of compost to prepare my vegetable beds for the growing season. It is the one delivery I ...

There’s a particular smell that clings to old garden sheds, a mix of turned earth, rotting leaves, and something faintly ...

With summer upon us, you're no doubt tending your garden. Which hopefully means you're composting too. Using food waste to enrich your soil benefits the earth in a number of ways, including reducing ...