Use a shovel or pitchfork to turn your compost? It's a laborious but necessary process that you could do more easily and ...

Fifteen years ago, Chris Pieretti was just trying to get people to come around on compost. Now, the Upper Darby resident and compost aficionado spends his days traversing the region in his truck, ...

I wasn’t sure how plants might cope with being attacked during a drought — so now that the rain has returned to my area, I’ve ...

Fall is a good time of the year to build your compost pile, as I mentioned in this column two weeks ago. Here is how to go about creating “black gold” for your garden next spring. First of all, the ...

Using a compost heap is a great way of putting food waste to use, but that waste can take several weeks or longer to become compost – in the meantime, it may stink or attract pests. The indoor Kalea ...

Mayor Adams announced Thursday that the city has expanded its ability to convert food and yard waste into compost by as much as 400% — a key step before his administration expands curbside compost ...

Composting requires the right balance of new materials, water and heat to keep the microorganisms in your pile healthy and happy. Adobe Stock Image When gardeners ...

"To know that the last gesture you'll make will be gentle and beneficial just feels like the right thing to do," says Recompose founder Katrina Spade At the age of 50, Nina Schoen expects to have a ...

Compost bins, compost tumblers, compost containers, and compost turners are all used for storing stacks of scrap for forming compost. There are several types of compost bins such as a covered bridge ...

I’ve opened some pretty questionable compost bins over the years. There’s a particular smell that tells you immediately ...

Human composting is the process of transforming human remains into soil. Advocates say it's more environmentally friendly than casket burials and cremation. Despite the seemingly novel burial method, ...