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

Composting weeds seems like an easy way to avoid waste and add to your compost pile. Our expert explains how to do it ...

A simple compost bin can just be a pile of yard waste in the corner of the yard. From there, you can move up to an enclosed space, such as a piece of chicken wire shaped into a vertical cylinder ...

When composting we focus on chopping up the organic matter, providing oxygen, making sure there is enough nitrogen in the pile and keeping the organic matter moist. SMALL PIECES: Chopping or ...

Any ideas?" The post has garnered dozens of helpful ... Others pointed out that a cold compost pile is not necessarily a problem. As one commenter noted: "It's decomposing, but not at a rate ...

Plus, find out which pumpkins you should not compost and get a few other eco-friendly ideas for putting old pumpkins ... pumpkins sprouting in your compost pile). However, you should not compost ...

beekeepx / Getty Images 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 ...

However, as long as bread, pasta, and other starchy foods aren’t saturated in meat and dairy products, they are perfectly safe for the compost pile. Bread contains a fair amount of nitrogen ...