Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spring is just around the corner and with it will come lawn care and thoughts of planting a garden. One of the ways to reduce ...

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Don’t get hung up on how long it should take or how many citrus peels are too many. As one longtime composter put it, “My rule is: Don’t worry about it.” By Margaret Roach When it comes to composting, ...

Key Points Before adding a Christmas tree to the compost pile, break it up into small pieces.There are many ways to break it up, ranging from using strictly hand tools to renting a wood chipper.Manage ...

Whether you want “black gold” to feed your garden or you simply don’t want your kitchen scraps to end up in the landfill, the best composters make it easy to create nutrient-rich fertilizer using ...

Composting is an essential practice for reducing waste and enriching soil, particularly in urban areas where space is limited ...

Midden, rot heap, dressing, leaf mold, wormery, windrow, smells like green spirit, muck, bokashi … all terms for the black gold that we know as compost. Compost creates nutrient-rich humus, balances ...

Composting is a natural process that involves the decomposition of organic materials, such as food scraps, yard waste, and other plant-based materials, into nutrient-rich compost. Composting occurs ...

There are lots of factors in how quickly organic material decomposes into compost, including creatures called decomposers. Find out what kind of things are part of nature’s clean-up crew. Science Trek ...

Have you ever considered what happens to the materials you throw out in your garbage can? Where do they go and what happens to them? What does the journey look like for your banana peel? If you were ...

The Iowa City Compost and Landfill facility is set to undergo a $4 million transformation, planned to be complete by the end ...