One homeowner revealed the absurd landscaping demands of their HOA, including its policy against compost tumblers.

Regular readers of this column may remember a few months back I dug out a patch of my heavy clay garden and amended it with ...

Why Compost Paper Towels? Composting paper towels is better for the environment than tossing them in the regular trash. In landfills, the breakdown of paper towels, paper napkins, ...

In the United States, more than one-third of all available food goes uneaten through loss or waste, according to the U.S.

Making your own homemade compost is a fun and sustainable way of using your leftovers to benefit your garden. Egg shells, ...

Down a long gravel driveway on the outskirts of Columbia Falls, a series of towering mounds rises against a backdrop of pines and distant mountain peaks. Each one holds 17,000 pounds of waste — scraps ...

Pre-baking weeds and plants that you've pulled from your lawn and garden before adding them to a compost pile can help ...

These sustainability-minded homeowners discovered an easy and HOA-friendly way to start composting: with a bucket.

Orange peels' usefulness far outlasts the fruit itself. From composting to starter pots, this citrus peel can be used in ways ...

I received an email from one of my readers about her Rhubarb or Rheumrhabarbarum. It seems that the stalks on her rhubarb were as thin and weak as they haveever been. Her rhubarb normally does well ...

Use a watering can if you are doing a soil drench, and water close to the base of each plant. If you spray on the plant ...

Plastic manufacturers are pushing to have their products counted as compost. Composters and farmers are trying to stop them.