The air is crisp, the leaves are turning fiery shades of red and gold, and suddenly, your yard looks like it’s been buried under a crunchy blanket of autumn glory. It’s the perfect season for bonfires ...

In compost science, brown materials are carbon-rich, whereas green materials are nitrogen-rich. You need both, but the ratios ...

Making your own compost is a great way to improve your soil, make use of garden waste and recycle nutrients for your plants ...

Flickr Most gardeners judge their compost by smell or texture. Color, though, tends to be an afterthought. That’s a missed ...

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 ...

Compost is a fantastic way to give your plants a nutritional boost. And although maintaining a batch is second nature to some gardeners during the growing season, most take a break in winter. But ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When I cogitate on the methods and outcome of home composting, I often think of the title of the classic compost book, “Let it Rot” by Stu Campbell. The book ...

Betsy Slade’s sprawling backyard is filled with massive shade trees, flowering beds and bushes, birdhouses and a tiny waterfall perched by a wooden swing. But when she ushers guests outside of her ...

MOBILE, Alabama -- If I am to remain a garden writer in good standing, it is my duty to inform you that you need to make compost. But because I am your less than perfect garden writer, I can't quite ...

There are many natural products you may mindlessly toss in the garbage that could actually feed your compost pile and reduce ...

Toilet paper tubes can add some extra heft to your backyard compost heap, but there is one bathroom staple that offers even ...