Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Traditional compost heap ingredients including vegetable peelings and egg shells You might think you know what to put on your ...

Don’t get hung up on how long it should take or how many citrus peels are too many. As one longtime composter put it, “My rule is: Don’t worry about it.” By Margaret Roach When it comes to composting, ...

Growing vegetable marrows on a compost heap is a long-standing gardening tradition. Their roots permeate the rotting material where they find plentiful nutrients and moisture, while their luxuriant ...

Q:I enjoyed your article in this past week’s P-B. Wondering if you would do an extension to that article: Provide the basics to doing a compost pile in your own yard, recommendations on size, location ...

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Twenty miles south of Boise, crews at the city compost farm are bracing for the busy season. “Grass season,” as compost program director Lisa Knapp calls it, means bag after bag of lawn clippings and ...

Gardeners are being urged to put washing up sponges in their garden in February for a very useful reason. It might sound quite strange, but old yellow sponges you use to clean dishes and plates can ...

Steam rising from a compost pile. You can learn how to make your very own compost pile below. As the temperatures begin to chill, more people are thinking about finding their snowblower than digging ...

Across the UK, gardeners are being urged to rescue old washing up sponges from the bin this February and send them outside instead. From compost heaps to frosty pots, this simple trick could quietly ...

Gardeners have been warned that chucking particular bits and bobs into their compost heap might be luring rats and foxes straight into their back gardens. Composting offers a brilliant method for ...