Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Traditional compost heap ingredients including vegetable peelings and egg shells You might think you know what to put on your ...

Mature compost is the best fertilizer for the garden - and a natural and free one at that. But in order for organic waste to turn into beneficial substrate, the compost heap in your garden should be ...

Growing vegetable marrows on a compost heap is a long-standing gardening tradition. Their roots permeate the rotting material where they find plentiful nutrients and moisture, while their luxuriant ...

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, ...

Learn simple, practical steps to start composting at home and turn kitchen scraps into nutrient rich garden soil, boosting plant health and reducing waste.

Q:I enjoyed your article in this past week’s P-B. Wondering if you would do an extension to that article: Provide the basics to doing a compost pile in your own yard, recommendations on size, location ...

So you have a compost bin. You understand the environmental and economic benefits of composting, and now you're saving all your kitchen scraps to add to the growing pile of black gold -- rich organic ...

If you compost at home, keep these things away from your bin ...

Though some folks are longing for snow, weather services predict a warmer, wetter winter than usual (whatever usual is anymore). Since Washington is still in deep drought, extra rain will be helpful, ...