As a young boy, I had to contend with my grandfather’s compost heap. It was a veritable Vesuvius of foul-smelling, putrescible plant waste, a metre high and hidden behind a privet hedge. We had placed ...

Savvy gardeners are always looking for ways to simplify gardening tasks, so it’s no surprise that blender composting has been catching on in a big way. Compared to traditional composting, “composting” ...

My office is just down the road from the Washington State University composting facility. It processes more than 10,000 pounds of organic waste every month. That’s a lot of compost! I talked about ...

While there are numerous benefits of composting at home, it's also important that you have a safe routine to help prevent possible drawbacks. These include drawing wasps to your compost pile. It turns ...

Learn how to make compost 5× faster at home with this simple homemade liquid! In this video, we reveal an easy, natural solution that accelerates decomposition, enriches your soil, and boosts your ...

There’s a yardstick among gardeners that good, rich soil with lots of actively decaying organic matter in it should have about a dozen or more earthworms (Lumbricus terrestris) in each cubic foot. But ...

How To Make Compost At Home: Making organic fertilizer at home from kitchen waste is very easy. Give your plants natural nutrition and make your kitchen garden lush by making compost from vegetable ...

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When I saw an advertisement about Martha Stewart being a dirt nerd, I recalled a column I did a number of years ago. I had met someone who made a business out of making compost. Then I looked at my ...

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 ...