The homesteaders at Mason Dixon Acres build a zero-cost worm compost system to produce nutrient-rich soil for the garden.

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

DIYer and woodworker April Wilkerson demonstrates three easy compost bin designs for home use.

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

Dear James: We moved into a new house with open space in the backyard, so I want to build a compost bin. Dear Sylvia: It won’t take long to convert organic materials such as food waste, lawn clippings ...

Add compost to potting mixes and top with mulch to improve moisture retention, and avoid reusing old potting soil. Water ...

The promise is simple. A small backyard setup is supposed to transform all sorts of kitchen waste into a nutrient-dense compost, a material so prized by gardeners that they gave it the nickname “black ...

There’s a yardstick among gardeners that good, rich soil with lots of actively decaying organic matter in it should have about a dozen or more earthworms (Lumbricus terrestris) in each cubic foot. But ...

Composting turns everyday kitchen and yard scraps into nutrient-rich soil, but the wrong additions can quickly flip that ...