I this video I explain what we do when we run out of our own homemade compost. I also show our composting bay system made ...

This week, Martha Stewart shared her DIY composting tips, urging gardeners to reduce trash pickups and landfill usage in favor of recycling food waste. 'Composting is a secret weapon for gardeners – ...

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 ...

As the bumper sticker on my truck reads, "Compost Happens." Sometimes, however, it doesn't happen fast enough. That problem usually can be traced to some limiting factor in what a pile is fed, or to ...

Job one in gardening and landscaping is loosening and enriching compacted soil and clay by mixing in organic materials like compost. For experienced gardeners, good compost is worth its weight in gold ...

Gardeners are encouraged to compost leaves this fall to improve soil health. With plenty of leaves, grass clippings and garden debris available, residents can create compost piles that benefit the ...

Composting is a great option for minimizing waste and putting it to good use by turning food scraps and other organic matter into free fertilizer for your garden. (Nearly half of all garbage collected ...

Dark, crumbly, moist and sweetsmelling – when gardeners talk about compost, they sound as if they're discussing a particularly sinful chocolate cake rather than rotted vegetable matter. But compost, ...

A woman has credited her homemade compost for "supercharging" her vegetable patch - leading to a "whopper" of a carrot. Diana McIntyre, from Forton, Lancashire, grew the 32cm (12ins) vegetable in only ...