Inside my house, the shredder is the equivalent of the compost bin outdoors, based on how much it is put to work. I shred everything. In fact, I derive great pleasure from it. If you think that sounds ...

Who really wants to keep smelly food scraps in a fly-attracting bucket in their kitchen? That question is what led Gail Loos, a full-time marketer and mother of two, to develop the GreenCycler ...

Fallen leaves and other garden wastes accumulated in fall clean-up chores are the makings of the best thing you can give back to your soil. It is compost, called ”brown gold” by some gardeners; so why ...

A $383,990 Recycling Development and Implementation grant from the state Department of Environmental Protection will help the Mountain Top Council of Governments move into phase 2 of its compost ...

Q: I have read with great interest and desperation your writings on composting. From my own experience, I concur with your advice that the organic material needs to be no more than 1/2 inch in size. I ...

When trees shed their canopy of colorful foliage, the leaves and other garden wastes raked up in fall clean-up chores often create a disposal problem, especially for those who live in urban areas. But ...