Composting is science and making truly usable plant and garden fuel requires a careful balance of dry brown material and wet, nutrient-rich green. The latter usually consists of kitchen waste but ...

Composting is simple. All you need is a kitchen pail, food scraps and a napkin. That’s the trick, Robert Reed said. A paper towel at the bottom of the bin can soak up the moisture and smells, keeping ...

Leaves are beginning to fall from deciduous trees, and this will increase over the next few weeks. The question is, “What do we do with all of those leaves?” I’ve been seeing information online ...

From Halloween jack-o'-lanterns to skins from avocados used for New Year's Day dip, you'll likely have more food scraps than at any other time of the year. Consider starting a compost pile with that ...

David lives in Brooklyn where he's spent more than a decade covering all things edible, including meal kit services, food subscriptions, kitchen tools and cooking tips. David earned his BA from ...

Learn composting basics from browns and greens to hot composting techniques. Whether you have a garden or not, backyard composting reduces waste and creates nutrient-rich soil.

Most of what goes into U.S. landfills is organic waste, ranging from household food scraps to yard trimmings. That's a problem because in that environment, organic waste is deprived of oxygen, which ...

First popularized in Japan in the 1980s, bokashi composting is a unique, indoor composting method that has a number of advantages over other composting systems. Not only is bokashi composting small ...