Making furniture from wood pallets is trending nowadays and very cheap. Pallets have been around for decades as mechanisms ...

Your old pillows may have gone flat, but they're still stuffed with possibilities! These clever uses will make you rethink ...

Compost is a hot topic. If you have been reading the latest gardening articles or watching your favorite TV gardening show, ...

StartOrganic, a pioneering organization in the realm of sustainable gardening and agriculture, is making waves as it gears up ...

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Fairfax County residents have another option for managing organic wastes such as fruit and vegetable peels, food left on dinner plates, coffee grounds, and even paper towels and napkins. Rather than ...

As pretty as a snowfall can be, cold weather has a way of making your garden or yard look tired and in need of a reset. Garden beds filled with dead plants can look and feel cluttered and unkempt once ...

The loyal reader knows that compost is my go-to for almost everything. I use it for mulch and to put the soil food web back into soils. I am a compost nerd. The question: What to do in the winter when ...

Composting toilets are a great idea, but no one likes to think of the waste just sitting there and slowly … fermenting. A new eco-friendly toilet gets around that problem by using mushrooms to ...

Stacks of old bricks against an outdoor plastered wall. - Fotandy/Getty Images Composting is one of the best things you can do for your garden, as well as the planet. Not only does it reduce waste, it ...

Composting as a garden owner is almost a no-brainer. There are so many benefits of composting to your plants, the environment, and soil that it just makes sense to set up a compost bin in your home.

At the urging of the plastics industry, the USDA is considering allowing materials such as bioplastic cups, coffee pods and compostable plastic bags into the organic compost waste stream. Farmers and ...