Composting as a garden owner is almost a no-brainer. There are so many benefits of composting to your plants, the environment, and soil that it just makes sense to set up a compost bin in your home.

Q: I have a compost pile quite a distance from the house and it is constantly loaded with fruit flies. It is a Smith and Hawken black plastic, three-tier stacking unit. I live just south of San ...

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 ...

Compost can provide your yard’s gardens and flower, tree and vegetable beds with healthy nutrients that help your plants grow. It’s also great for helping strengthen your soil in floods and droughts, ...

Passive composting is a straightforward process. It involves collecting the same materials used in active composting, a pile at least 3’ x 3’ in size: entirely dead brown carbon organic matter and ...

Compost is made from decomposed organic matter and can be used as a fertilizer and soil conditioner. Hiraman Compost, in all of its goodness, proves to be better than fertilizer when it comes to ...

If you compost at home, keep these things away from your bin ...