Blending kitchen scraps with water makes quick compost to feed plants. Chop up and freeze compostable kitchen waste to make large batches. Pour blender compost around plants, or into trenches, compost ...

Want to learn how to make compost for your garden? Not only does compost help your plants grow stronger and healthier, but it's also the perfect way to reduce waste and do your part for the ...

Using a compost starter can speed up the process.

Turning compost piles provides more air to beneficial microbes, helping to speed up the composting process and creating enough heat to kill weed seeds, pests, and pathogens. Aim to turn a hot compost ...

Fall is a perfect time to consider composting. As our days get cooler and shorter, deciduous trees like oaks, maples, and sweetgums will begin to shed their leaves. The swamp chestnut oak in my front ...

Q: I feel guilty if I don't compost garbage and garden leftovers, but there are so many complicated instructions for making a compost pile. Isn't there any easy way to make compost? A: There certainly ...

Learn composting basics from browns and greens to hot composting techniques. Whether you have a garden or not, backyard composting reduces waste and creates nutrient-rich soil.

Stacks of old bricks against an outdoor plastered wall. - Fotandy/Getty Images Composting is one of the best things you can do for your garden, as well as the planet. Not only does it reduce waste, it ...

Home gardeners don’t need to limit their compost piles to grass clippings, vegetable peels, eggshells, and other kitchen scraps. Most organic materials can be composted in an indoor or outdoor compost ...