Make mine aerobic compost tea. That's the latest request in organic-gardening circles. Compost tea is great. It's full of beneficial microbes and soluble nutrients. But research shows aerobic compost ...

Apartment dwellers and anyone else without their own yard can sometimes feel left out of the Earth Day conversation when it touts all the benefits of growing food or landscaping with native plants in ...

As a young boy, I had to contend with my grandfather’s compost heap. It was a veritable Vesuvius of foul-smelling, putrescible plant waste, a metre high and hidden behind a privet hedge. We had placed ...

According to the EPA, food scraps and yard waste together make up more than 30% of what we discard. Composting keeps these materials out of landfills, where they release methane, a greenhouse gas, ...

Composting is the ultimate win-win-win for gardeners. It is recycling at its most basic, turning yard and kitchen waste into rich, organic planting material. It saves money on fertilizer and ...

Ever have the urge to compost those food scraps after a meal but believe it isn't practical in a studio apartment? Irene Pena, a master gardener at Proyecto Jardin in Los Angeles, Calif. is here to ...