Ask Us Anything answers your most outlandish, mind-burning questions—from the everyday things you’ve always wondered to the ...

Managing drier materials helps prevent your pile from getting too wet and smelly. It also makes starting your compost less of ...

Most of what goes into U.S. landfills is organic waste, ranging from household food scraps to yard trimmings. That’s a problem because in that environment, organic waste is deprived of oxygen, which ...

For compost to break down well, you need a mix of carbon-rich browns and nitrogen-rich greens. Fall leaves provide carbon, ...

I grew up composting. Wherever we lived, there was always a spot in the yard for food scraps, leaves and branches.

Create a ring of chicken wire, about a hug’s width in diameter, and simply deposit dry leaves in the fall. The leaves will ...

Temperature Management Creates Critical Barriers The temperature inside home composting units typically runs only a few ...

New Jersey has become the latest state to allow human composting after death — a concept pitched as an environmentally friendly alternative to burial or cremation that involves turning loved ones into ...

Dozens gathered outside the Columbia Farmers Market to attend the free pumpkin smashing event by the Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture.