Blending kitchen scraps with water makes quick compost to feed plants. Chop up and freeze compostable kitchen waste to make large batches. Pour blender compost around plants, or into trenches, compost ...

The best gardeners know the simple truth about compost: It’s better than fertilizer when it comes to providing a nutrient-rich growing environment for plants. Composting is easy and inexpensive, and ...

It takes two to three weeks for a properly maintained 2-foot pile of leaves to turn into a bucket full of black, crumbly, sweet-smelling compost. Connie Gannon Fresno Bee archive Many gardeners are ...

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We have two freestanding plastic composters in our home garden so we can do our small part in reducing waste going to a landfill. Continue putting organic material from the kitchen in the composter ...

Something as simple as swapping out lightbulbs in your kitchen can also make more of a difference than you may realize. LED ...

Learn three ways to keep composting through winter for nutrient-rich soil ready for spring planting.

Setting up an in-home recycling program isn't so hard these days, particularly since the majority of our local garbage haulers allow items to be "co-mingled." Co-mingling describes the practice of ...

You might think your garden is flourishing thanks to careful watering, composting, and sunlight, but what if some of your ...

Residents in Alachua County can get free kitchen composting supplies this coming weekend as part of an effort to cut down on food waste.