Winter can pose a challenge for gardeners eager to prepare beds and pots for the growing season ahead. Traditional composting ...

Imagine transforming those piles of fallen leaves into gardening gold or quickly composting your kitchen scraps without the usual smell or mess. Let’s explore some exciting methods for fall ...

Compost heaps can be designed to suit gardens of all sizes. You can build your own or choose from a whole range of specially designed bins, available at garden centres and through internet and ...

I would only try this method of composting if you live on a large property ... you could simply bury kitchen scraps in the garden and they will break down within a week or two.

This is the vision - in an indoor garden, a honeycomb structure lines ... a far larger carbon footprint than the proposed compost burial method "Nature knows how to transform our bodies to soil ...

• Oliver Whyte’s garden, Coill an Chúir at Sandyhill, Westport, is included on the Clew Bay Garden Trail. A chain of ...

Compost heaps and bins benefit from being emptied and turned from time to time, so that the bits at the edges also rot down. The best gardeners know that gardening is not the art of cultivating ...

Trench composting. This is where you bury food scraps and garden waste in a trench in the ... Woody materials take much longer to decompose. This method helps improve the quality of soil over ...

For the uninitiated, it can seem daunting - whether to follow the hot or cold methods ... compost bin diverts approximately 150kg of waste from landfill each year, according to charity Garden ...