Homemade compost is an easy way to help your garden thrive, and put your kitchen waste to good use. And knowing how to make ...

The key to making good compost is knowing what you can—and can't—put into it. Johner Images / Getty Images Making your own compost is one of the most effective ways to reduce waste and build ...

A good size for a compost bin is between 5 to 7 feet (1.5 to 2m) wide and 3 to 4 feet high (0.9-1.2m). However, in a small garden, 3 by 3 feet (0.9 by 0.9m) is a usable size. Cut the four corner ...

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 ...

I have given you the easiest one here, but you could also try the following if your climate or ingredients aren’t making very good compost for you, or it’s just not moving fast enough: ...

(Learn more about the science behind composting—and why it’s good for the environment.) How to compost at home for beginners — Step by step. General composting requires only a few simple ...

For the compost tea, fill a 5-gallon pail ⅓ full of good compost. Fill the rest of the bucket with well or rainwater and stir twice a day for five days. Strain the water and mud through some ...

If you have leaves accumulating on your lawn and in the garden, instead of raking them up into piles and putting them in bags to set on the curb, may we suggest composting them. Leaves are full of ...

To make good compost, you mix green plant waste, like vegetable peels, garden leaf litter or straw, with brown organic matter like soil or manure. Then, over weeks to months, microbes turn the mix ...

OXO's Good Grips Easy-Clean Compost Bin seals tightly and keeps smells in better than most we've tried, and the 1.75-gallon model is perfect for a medium household. Best bin: Bamboozle Portable ...