Although you can start throughout the year, choosing to start your heap during particular seasons can aid your composting ...

The stacking-type composters are convenient and make turning the pile easy. Sadly, these are difficult to find. When starting a compost pile, add several inches of brown material before ...

When autumn leaves fall from the trees, welcome them as though you’d found a treasure chest. “There are so many ways to use ...

Rather than let leaves stay on the lawn or send them to the landfill, horticulturist David Trinklein recommends two ways of ...

2.) Keeping the pile consistently damp. Sprinkle it with a hose during hot, dry spells. 3.) Tossing a few shovelfuls of soil or finished compost as you build the pile. This adds natural organisms ...

Compost materials aren't that hard to come by if you mow your lawn or create food scraps. Still, you should stock up on these ...

Whole, carved, and cooked pumpkins are fully compostable and you can also compost healthy pumpkin plants, pumpkin skins, and ...

By Amy-Lynn Albertson N.C. Cooperative Extension Compost is available from the city of Salisbury for free on Fridays from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at 1955 Grubb Ferry Road in Salisbury. It is pick up only call, ...

make sure you bury them deeply in the center of a big compost pile. That should keep the critters away. If you’re building a cold compost heap primarily of grass clippings, be aware that ...

For the latest episode of “On the Job,” Priya Krishna spent a night picking up compost with Paul Campbell, who removes ...