A behind-the-scenes look at The Compost Company during SPC Impact in Nashville reveals how organic waste streams are managed, ...

Holland's Ken Freestone broke the process down step-by-step, showing how a mix of “greens” and “browns” work together.

Participants get a closer look at composting techniques during a class at Windmill Island Gardens. Adam Vander Kooy. More ...

Or you can just keep a cold compost pile and wait six months to a year for things to break down. For standard backyard composting, stick to egg shells, produce, torn-up paper, and yard waste—no meat.

There’s an episode of the beloved 90s sitcom Friends, where it’s revealed that Monica (self-proclaimed neat freak) has a ...

DALLESPORT — For Pierce Louis, work is a dirty business. As co-owner and co-founder of Dirt Hugger, a Dallesport commercial composting and landscape supply company, Louis has spent the past 16 years ...

Is it OK to use fresh wood chips in my perennial flower beds? In general, fresh wood chips are fine to use on the surface of a perennial bed, as a top dressing. It is not good to mix fresh chips into ...

If you have read my columns for a few years, you will know I am crazy about compost. It satisfies my parsimony and indolence: a compost pile costs nothing, and even if you do nothing to it, it will ...

A case in northern North Dakota has provided a stark reminder of what is required of livestock producers when animals die. The Ward County Sheriff's Department on March 6 said it is investigating a ...

Composting. It’s kind of like recycling. We all know we should be doing it. It’s not hard, it doesn’t take much effort, but boy is it easy to forget and let good habits slide. Even as a gardener, I’m ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has ordered a Penn Township composting facility to halt operations in light of a fire that has been burning there for nearly two weeks, ...

Dec. 19 — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has ordered a Lancaster County composting facility to halt operations in light of a fire that has been burning there for nearly two ...