This week, Martha Stewart shared her DIY composting tips, urging gardeners to reduce trash pickups and landfill usage in favor of recycling food waste. 'Composting is a secret weapon for gardeners – ...

SAN ANTONIO – The soil you use in your garden is important because it adds nutrients to your plants. You can save money and help out the environment at the same time by making your own compost soil.

Many gardeners want to learn how to make a compost bin, and for good reason. Not only is composting a low-cost way to nourish your plants with the most nutritious soil improver, but it also recycles ...

A small, modular composting system may be just what your small property needs. You don’t need a huge open pile to break down organic materials from your garden. Try this small but mighty DIY compost ...

The only place it’s hard to compost is an apartment. So declares Jackie Trimble of Washington State University Master Gardeners. She highly recommends the do-it-yourself approach of getting food ...

Simple compost bins made of pallets allow old compost to age, and new materials to be added, which in turn will envigorate plants. Credit: HENRY HOMEYER photos / For the Monitor Sign up for the ...

Composting is the natural process of recycling organic materials into nutrient-rich fertilizer. It’s a great way to put your kitchen scraps and yard waste to good use, supercharge your soil and plants ...

This composter is top-load and side-unload. Use the power of the sun for a solar composter DIY project for winter composting solutions to keep your compost composting! Chickens are a fantastic way to ...

Your compost pile is already a source of enriched soil and nutrients for your garden, but it can also be a source of free heat for your greenhouse as well. If you've ever turned your compost pile in ...

You can build a freestanding compost pile or create an aerated compost enclosure using chicken wire, snow fence, wooden pallets, or lumber. Using these systems, you need to maintain enough heat in the ...

Most gardeners do some composting. Some folks compost anything that once was part of a living plant, often mixing it with barnyard waste; they turn and aerate their piles and make terrific compost in ...