An expert with Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Dallas offers tips for effective composting — plus, what ...

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It was quite low to the ground, which can make getting compost out challenging. The frame of the composter is narrow, and combined with the fact that the composter is just inches from the ground ...

You guessed it: We can repurpose those items too by composting. Composting our table scraps and yard trimmings can seem a little intimidating if you have never done it. But it’s really not that ...

Dear Heloise: Instead of using textured or rubber bathmats that become smelly and moldy (and have to be pried up from the ...

Regardless of your soil type, improving soil health means increasing its ability to hold water and nutrients and provide ...

Along with orange peels and eggshells, people are tossing cling wrap, foam trays and other plastic food packaging into their compost, contaminating it.