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

You can tear up tissue paper from gifts and packages to include in your compost pile. This will not only benefit your garden, ...

The last week of June is the time to set up your flowering plants for continued blooms the rest of the summer. Fertilizing, dead heading and pinching back are key.

The pile should shrink to about a third of its original size. Sift out finished compost — it should be dark, loose and smell like fresh soil — to use in the garden.

POTSDAM — A hands-on community education workshop on composting is set to take place from 1-3 p.m. Saturday in Potsdam. Participants will learn to create a working compost pile that can be ...

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Bonhotal said their target is 28 days of composting in an envelope of carbon, reaching temperatures of 133-155 degrees Fahrenheit, measured at the depth of one foot and three feet. “On some farms you ...

Hot composting doesn't just happen. Turning, temperature monitoring, watering, and attention to what you put in the pile are absolute musts. What's more, this isn't the type of pile that you gradually ...

Not necessarily. "Most backyard compost piles just don't get hot enough to kill off these pathogens. So, you risk mixing them right back into your garden when you use that compost," Enfield warns.