Still unsure about composting? Here’s why and how to make ‘black gold’ for the garden

Use a 1/2-inch (1.4-centimeter) screen if you intend to use your compost in potting mix or garden beds, and 1/4-inch (0.6 ...

Say Goodbye to Slow, Smelly Compost – Here’s How a Compost Chimney Makes a Pile More Efficient

A compost chimney is a simple addition to any pile that can speed up the composting process and eliminate slow or smelly ...
Southern Living

How To Use Coffee Grounds In Your Garden For Healthier Plants

Discover the benefits of using coffee grounds as a natural fertilizer for plants. We spoke with gardening and soil pros about ...
The Spokesman-Review

Gardening: Compost can improve the health of the soil in your garden

Looking after your soil’s health is the most important task a gardener can have. Your soil is what feeds and waters your plants. Winter is a good time to start planning ways to improve your soil.
WUSA

Garden Smart: How compost can help your garden thrive

WASHINGTON — Think about how much food waste you produce in a day. A banana peel, an apple core, the ends of vegetables that you don’t eat. When those scraps end up in a landfill it produces methane.
The Press Democrat

The benefits of compost and mulch are many for gardeners

May is a busy time in the garden, and we can’t emphasize enough the use of compost and mulch as you go about completing your gardening tasks.
Hosted on MSN

How to Make Compost for Your Garden: Your Soil's Secret Weapon

Want to learn how to make compost for your garden? Not only does compost help your plants grow stronger and healthier, but it's also the perfect way to reduce waste and do your part for the ...
Netmums

No poison, no traps: the simple trick that finally stopped rats in my garden

If you’re tired of playing cat and mouse with uninvited rodents, gardening gurus Monty Don and Alan Titchmarsh have a ...
The New York Times

‘Compost Happens’ and Other Common-Sense Advice From Experts

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, ...
AOL

10 Composting Methods: How To Choose The Best One For Your Garden

Incorporating composting into your gardening routine is a great way to reduce waste and add nutrients and organic matter to your yard. It is basically creating free fertilizer while sending much less ...
Yahoo

Gardening tip: Give leaf composting a try on your lawn, garden

Leaves are a gardener's best friend. Consider their landscape value; leaves from one large tree can be worth as much as $50 worth of fertilizer. Leaves have twice as many minerals as manure. When they ...
The Spokesman-Review

In the Garden: Successful compost needs four things: Brown material, green material, water and oxygen

This simple 3-bay composting system will help Susan Mulvihill create more compost for her garden this year. (SUSAN MULVIHILL/FOR THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW) Buy this photo Compost is an essential ingredient ...