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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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.

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 ...

The answer is to recycle as many of them as possible to create Leafmould, which over time decomposes to create mulch and compost. The recycling of fallen leaves for using in our garden pots and ...

Tis the season to … compost. With tree leaves and debris from garden clean-up and winter garden preparation abundant, now is the time to begin. One of the most important products and processes ...