The Dirt Factory in University City acts as a composting site for the neighborhood. Community members bring their food scraps and yard waste there and it is turned into nutrient-rich compost. Each ...

Every banana peel, coffee ground, and eggshell you toss into the garbage is a tiny act of throwing money away your garden ...

Q: I recently installed a simple and inexpensive compost system in my backyard. It is very easy and I have eliminated more than half of the trash that I put out each week. Will you please show your ...

Compost can provide your yard’s gardens and flower, tree and vegetable beds with healthy nutrients that help your plants grow. It’s also great for helping strengthen your soil in floods and droughts, ...

Fall is a perfect time to consider composting. As our days get cooler and shorter, deciduous trees like oaks, maples, and sweetgums will begin to shed their leaves. The swamp chestnut oak in my front ...

Gardeners often assume outdoor compost piles stop working in cold weather, but beneficial microbes can continue to break down compost all winter. The problem is that composting takes much longer in ...

Composting is a great way to recycle the plant debris in your garden, including both crops and weeds. It’s easy to do–nature does it on its own all the time. But with proper management, you can help ...

Food waste is a significant contributor to greenhouse gasses and accounts for roughly one third of the food meant for human consumption. Composting is the process by which food is converted into a ...

Q: We just moved to Providence. What is the best way to dispose of kitchen waste? Is it okay to put uncooked vegetable peels in the yard waste barrel? I will find a way to compost on site in the ...

Drill holes around the container for aeration and lift it slightly off the ground to allow drainage—simple tweaks that ...