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 ...

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 ...

Bokashi composting enhances your soil through fermented organic waste. What is bokashi composting? Learn how to compost kitchen scraps with fermentation and enrich your soil through this accessible ...

Composting is beneficial to gardeners and the environment, but to make the most of it, you need to discover which method best ...

It's time to make some compost in the kitchen! Compost is one of the secret weapons to growing plants well, but creating ...

Blessed are the compost makers - for they shall enrich the earth. That beatitude doesn't feature in the Sermon on the Mount, but as far as gardeners are concerned, recycling is not only virtuous but ...

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The best compost bins can handle everything from your morning coffee and eggs, to the veggie stir fry you had for dinner and any additional scraps, peels and grounds over the course of a day.