Up your gardening game by mixing compost into the soil! Get started by making your own compost at home or by purchasing it.

Composting has gone mainstream. If you're ready to pile on, we've outlined everything you need to know to start a compost ...

Topsoil is the uppermost layer of soil. It's where essential nutrients, microorganisms, and beneficial insects like earthworms reside, helping provide a healthy environment for plants. Topsoil is also ...

Container gardening can require a lot of potting soil, especially if you use large planter boxes. Buying large quantities of ...

The anaerobic digester, which accepts packaging as well as scraps, has recycled over 40,000 tons of food waste since 2023, ...

Composting is a great way to ensure your garden has rich, fertile soil, and it is also a responsible way to dispose of food ...

Sustainable Communities Begin with Compost. That is the theme of International Compost Awareness Week May 4-10. This year’s ...

For the last five years, Jill Hallquist has been working to establish a composting program in South Lake Tahoe to keep food ...

Tea leaves contain nutrients that are beneficial to plants when they break down into compost. Here are four key ways to reuse ...

Chicken bones? Nope! Greasy pizza boxes? Uh-uh. For two weeks in April, the Department of Sanitation sent inspectors to rifle ...

Biosolids, also known as sewage sludge, move through a centrifuge during the final stages of processing. Josh Lutz displays ...

Gardeners have been urged to double-check the compost they are using, as it could be causing damage to the environment ...