I’ve already made the first mistake. Well, maybe the first mistake was thinking I should try making my own compost for my flower and vegetables this year. It’s not that I’m new to gardening. Goodness ...

If you're a gardening newbie, you've no doubt wondered about the mysteries of compost, a substance about which veteran tenders-of-the-soil tend to wax rhapsodic. Dedicated composters have their secret ...

If you’re wondering how to make compost and why—well, read on for all the dirt. As gardeners can attest, we grow very attached to the stuff. In fact, when I moved to my new house many years ago, I ...

Home improvement expert April Wilkerson provides straightforward blueprints for a high-capacity, three-section composting system to manage organic waste.

Quick tips on making compost for your home garden. Quick tips on making compost for your home garden. We’ll tell you what materials are good for composting and what you should not put in a compost ...

Drill holes around the container for aeration and lift it slightly off the ground to allow drainage—simple tweaks that ...

During the fall, we are cleaning up leaves and plant debris, and we need to get rid of it. Rather than sending it to the landfill, compost it. Composting is the natural, organic way to decompose grass ...

An oatmeal container sits next to the sink at the Scherr home in Minturn. But it’s not filled with breakfast cereal of any sort. Every day Matt Scherr and his wife, Diana, toss in vegetable peelings, ...

With knowledge of the huge benefits of composting under your belt, do you find yourself wishing every day that you, a Tufts student, had an easy and convenient way to compost your own organic waste?