Perhaps the most important thing you can do for your garden is feed it with nutrient-rich compost. This mix of decaying vegetable matter, grass clippings, and leaves may not be glamorous, but it ...

There are many different ways to compost, allowing even those who live in cities to take care of their kitchen waste a eco-friendly way. iStock When my boys were in elementary school, their ...

How to start composting leaves Whatever leaf-removal option you choose, eventually they will become an obstruction to using your garden for recreation or for growing flowers and crops.

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Composting provides a host of benefits. It enhances soil nutrition, helps curb trash smells, and, of course, has major climate benefits. But if you’re new to composting, you may run into some of ...

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Composting is when you let your leftover food scraps decompose over time, which will eventually turn into compost. Compost can then be used for gardening because it is rich in nutrients.

So we have decided to start composting again; we had stopped a few years ago when we moved and ditched our old compost tumbler. I thought perhaps the technology had changed during this period.