Composting is beneficial to gardeners and the environment, but to make the most of it, you need to discover which method best ...

Adding compost to your garden soil is a step that you really shouldn't be skipping. A well-made compost is the key to soil health because it adds essential nutrients, improves soil structure, and ...

Sep. 1—The sustainability division of the city's Public Works Department is offering free composting bins to community gardens. To be eligible, the gardens must be run by non-profit organizations or ...

"In mild-winter climates, winter is one of the best times to compost," says master gardener Angela Judd. "Falling leaves give you plenty of browns, garden clean-up adds greens, and a well-layered pile ...

To turn the trees’ bounty of autumn leaves into rich, useful compost for your garden, you’re probably going to need a bin. “A compost bin is neater than an open pile and generally more efficient, ...

This simple 3-bay composting system will help Susan Mulvihill create more compost for her garden this year. (SUSAN MULVIHILL/FOR THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW) Buy this photo Compost is an essential ingredient ...

Winter is the perfect time to sketch out no-till beds, set up a compost system, and choose native plants for spring.

It’s a pretty simple equation: you’ll need browns, greens, water, oxygen and patience. The result is gold. Actually, the result is compost, but if you have a garden, you know compost is its own form ...

To worm or not to worm? When it comes to composting, that’s the question many savvy gardeners are pondering these days, and for good reason: Worm castings — a.k.a. poop — are the nutrient-rich organic ...

Compost is the stuff of great gardens, the stuff that fuels dinner-plate-size heads of broccoli and traffic-stopping dahlias. Compost also is good for trees, shrubs and lawns, making plants happier by ...

If you’re looking for a way to turn nearly all of your food waste into nutritious garden food, bokashi composting is for you. Bokashi composting is not exactly composting. It’s really fermentation, ...