Coffee grounds are a fantastic way to add nitrogen to your winter compost. Nitrogen helps generate heat, which is important ...

Here's how to keep composting in winter so you'll have finished compost in spring. beekeepx / Getty Images Gardeners often assume outdoor compost piles stop working in cold weather, but beneficial ...

During the fall, we are cleaning up leaves and plant debris, and we need to get rid of it. Rather than sending it to the landfill, compost it. Composting is the natural, organic way to decompose grass ...

Don’t let winter food scraps go to waste. This simple, bin-free composting trick uses the cold to break everything down – ...

Many communities have ways to put your yard waste to good use by taking it to a community-wide composting program. But, composting doesn't have to be on a scale that large. You can compost at home ...

If you feel guilty about creating food waste, composting is an easy way to relieve yourself of the anxiety of not eating all the groceries you enthusiastically picked out last week. You can even give ...

MINNEAPOLIS--Heidi Heiland of Heidi's Lifestyle Gardens joined us on KARE 11 News @4 to share easy tips for making your own compost to nourish your gardens while reducing your carbon footprint by as ...

Look on the shelves of almost any store or in any catalog selling plants and gardening equipment and you’ll find “compost activators” offered. These mixtures contain beneficial microorganisms, ...

I am considering starting a compost pile this year and looking for some advice; some of the articles I’ve read suggest steps more complicated than I am willing to implement. My time is limited, so I ...

Did you know that food scraps and yard waste make up a whopping 20 percent to 30 percent of what we throw away each year? Thankfully, there’s an alternative to tossing these items in your trash. The ...