As the growing season draws to a close and your garden beds are filled with dead plants, consider adding them to your compost pile to benefit your yard.

Q. How do I start and maintain a compost pile/bin? Is there a certain type of composter you recommend? I love composting because it’s a way you can take something that would normally be waste and turn ...

Now is the perfect time to start a compost pile or two if you don’t already have one. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By ...

Composting is beneficial to gardeners and the environment, but to make the most of it, you need to discover which method best suits your situation and needs.

Blending kitchen scraps with water makes quick compost to feed plants. Chop up and freeze compostable kitchen waste to make large batches. Pour blender compost around plants, or into trenches, compost ...

Composting may seem like a pretty straightforward gardening task but there are a few too many wrong steps you can take when making it. So if you want to make the best compost for your plants, avoid ...

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, ...

Composting is a great option for minimizing waste and putting it to good use by turning food scraps and other organic matter into free fertilizer for your garden. (Nearly half of all garbage collected ...

Autumn leaves are welcomed by some as a gift to the garden. For others they are nothing but a nuisance, something to be gotten rid of. Most gardeners know that leaves are full of plant nutrients and ...

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 ...

There’s a reason gardeners in South Florida call compost “black gold” and why many of them produce it in their own yards. “I find composting empowering; you don’t have to wait on anyone,” said Lanette ...