Even a small step towards green living can positively impact our ecosystem. Recycling organic waste into compost is one such ...

I stumbled onto composting in place completely by accident, and it was such a happy accident. I was no stranger to ...

Regardless of your soil type, improving soil health means increasing its ability to hold water and nutrients and provide ...

What is peat-free compost? Peat was once seen as a cheap and plentiful material that gardeners found easy to use. However, peat harvesting releases huge amounts carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and ...

We’ve talked about the various ways leaves can be repurposed to help enrich your soil and encourage pollinators, but what about our garden trimmings and all that discarded food we tend to throw ...

A 2- to 4-inch layer of leaves applied over the soil provides all kinds of benefits, such as weed suppression, water conservation and attractive appearance. And organisms that live in leaf litter ...

Brooke Roberts-Islam is a London-based writer covering sustainability. Composting might seem an unconventional choice, but the rationale is that it can be less greenhouse gas intensive than ...

Then starts the two-month-long decomposition process before it becomes compost. About 1,500 tons of organic waste are delivered to the facility every day, including what’s generated by Mountain ...