“When we harvest, trim, or clean up organic debris from the garden we are removing nutrients that have been pulled from the soil system,” explains Shannie McCabe, horticulturist and agriculture ...

In vermicomposters like the Bionicraft (pictured), worms turn your fruit and vegetable scraps into high-quality fertilizer, but they generally aren’t big fans of meats and oily leftovers. Composting ...

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, ...

Compost quality: Anytime you’re using worms, you’re going to get high-quality compost with the highest amount of beneficial microorganisms in it, according to Chen. Because the composter is small, you ...

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TAMPA, Fla, (BLOOM) – In kitchens across the country, a new trend is taking root—at-home composting. As more people look for ways to reduce waste and live sustainably, modern composting systems are ...

The promise is simple. A small backyard setup is supposed to transform all sorts of kitchen waste into a nutrient-dense compost, a material so prized by gardeners that they gave it the nickname “black ...

As the growing season draws to a close and your garden beds are filled with dead plants, consider adding them to your compost ...

Some states, municipalities and private-sector companies are pushing to make composting as commonplace as recycling. But it's a long-haul effort. Composting has many benefits for the environment. It ...