As a young boy, I had to contend with my grandfather’s compost heap. It was a veritable Vesuvius of foul-smelling, putrescible plant waste, a metre high and hidden behind a privet hedge. We had placed ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Happy Earth Day! First held April 22nd, 1970, Earth Day was created as a way to raise awareness and support for environmental protection. Worldwide, over 140 countries celebrate ...

How To Make Compost At Home: Making organic fertilizer at home from kitchen waste is very easy. Give your plants natural nutrition and make your kitchen garden lush by making compost from vegetable ...

Stacks of old bricks against an outdoor plastered wall. - Fotandy/Getty Images Composting is one of the best things you can do for your garden, as well as the planet. Not only does it reduce waste, it ...

Mushroom compost is made from spent mushroom farming substrate. It's now widely available, and there are lots of reasons you should use it on your veggie patch.

Parchment paper is handy for food storage, steaming fish and veggies, and preventing cookies and cakes from sticking to baking sheets and pans. The trouble is, used parchment paper can pile up fast ...

If your goal is to support wildlife in your yard throughout every season, don't shut down your composting operation in the winter. During the cold months, you want to attract tiny critters by ...

The loyal reader knows that compost is my go-to for almost everything. I use it for mulch and to put the soil food web back into soils. I am a compost nerd. The question: What to do in the winter when ...