Winter can pose significant challenges for maintaining a productive compost pile, but with the right strategies, you can keep your compost thriving even in the coldest months. I know how frustrating ...

Manual composters: they are small and affordable, but require manual composting, meaning you have to turn over the organic matter yourself. Tumblers: this type is shaped like a canister and you just ...

If you’re curious about composting at home but aren’t sure how to get started, Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Naperville ...

Mint plants are pretty low-maintenance, but when planted in the ground they quickly take over. Here's how to keep your potted ...

Composting for a vegetable garden by using the trench method has a lot of advantages. It is also one of the easiest ways to ...

The new units featured color-coded bins that indicate blue for recycling, green for composting and black for landfill items. Signs above each colored bin display images of commonly used food items ...

BIRCH RUN, Mich. (WJRT) - The third annual Earthworm Festival at 5-Heart Earthworm Farm returned to Birch Run on Saturday. The festival is meant to spread awareness of the importance of earthworms to ...

The unsung hero of any garden is nature’s continuous miraculous process of decomposing organic matter back into the soil from ...

Recycling goes in one bin. Food scraps go in another bin,” Greene said. The plan is to add composting bins alongside the dumpsters outside of the school. The scraps would be picked up by a ...

Caenorhabditis elegans, one millimeter long, has just 959 cells. The worm’s simplicity has made it a mainstay of scientific research.Credit... Supported by By Teddy Rosenbluth When scientists ...

Fall is a good time to prune many winter-dormant plants and those that bloom in late spring through summer. Start by removing ...

Robotic arms sort green food scrap bags from incoming waste Thursday at the Ramsey/Washington Recycling & Energy Center in Newport. (Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...