A compost chimney is a simple addition to any pile that can speed up the composting process and eliminate slow or smelly ...

By JESSICA DAMIANO I love the idea of transforming garbage into free mulch and fertilizer. Composting is a win-win: I save ...

The Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio (SWACO) and the city of Columbus have announced the opening of the region’s only ...

Egg shells contain calcium carbonate, an essential mineral for plant cell structure and soil health. But egg shells take time ...

Michelle Horneff-Cohen Every April, Earth Day brings a familiar message: reduce waste, compost more, do your part. And to be ...

Truckloads of plates, forks and food waste from the National Folk Festival are being turned into fertiliser on a Braidwood farm in order to divert tonnes of organic waste from landfill. It looks ...

I explain green and brown ingredients, using coffee and other wastes including roots of perennial weeds and blighted leaves. What size pieces to add, what temperatures you need and may expect. How ...

Imagine you’re in line at your favourite bakery, deciding whether to have a doughnut or a tart. You weigh them up, the doughnut wins, and you settle on that. By the time you’re at the front of the ...

Forget everything dull and dusty about gardening advice—this is where things get alive. Not metaphorically alive, but genuinely buzzing with microscopic energy that can flip tired soil into a thriving ...

Welcome back to Saturday Night Social. Are you in need of a hobby that takes a lot of work and yields little to no results? Want a new way to prove to yourself that you’re not a complete waste of ...