Composting is an awesome way to get rid of fruit and veggie scraps and gain rich garden soil. Yet there’s still many food scraps that can’t be composted, like meat and bones. Compostec’s Green Cone ...

Can I compost pine needles or pine cones? Pine needles can be composted, but their decomposition will be slow. Needles and cones will decompose faster if they are broken into pieces to increase the ...

I recently moved back to the United States after a long stint in Berlin, and I’ve been suffering the effects of Euro nostalgia ever since. I miss the 1-yard-tall Hefeweizens, the civilized city biking ...

In the wake of rats invading my compost bins, I've had to upgrade my knowledge of what's suitable in the way of containers. One of my first lessons was that calling any plastic compost bin -- ...

Ginny Klocko is one of a dozen area residents who spend a good deal of their free time digging through kitchen scraps and yard waste. They love it. They are a hearty corps of master gardeners, ...

And, it is a lot easier than you think. With just a few steps, you're on your way to going green. Composting is a process that accelerates the natural decaying process of yard and organic waste, such ...