Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Traditional compost heap ingredients including vegetable peelings and egg shells You might think you know what to put on your ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Experts recommend that you turn your compost heap twice a year - ideally in spring and autumn, when trees and hedges are cut and ...

Simon Akeroyd has warned against putting tea bags directly in compost due to their material - and instead pointed out how ...

Simon Akeroyd has shared important advice on the best use of tea bags outdoors and why they shouldn't go directly in compost ...

Growing vegetable marrows on a compost heap is a long-standing gardening tradition. Their roots permeate the rotting material where they find plentiful nutrients and moisture, while their luxuriant ...

Don’t get hung up on how long it should take or how many citrus peels are too many. As one longtime composter put it, “My rule is: Don’t worry about it.” By Margaret Roach When it comes to composting, ...

Learn simple, practical steps to start composting at home and turn kitchen scraps into nutrient rich garden soil, boosting plant health and reducing waste.

So you have a compost bin. You understand the environmental and economic benefits of composting, and now you're saving all your kitchen scraps to add to the growing pile of black gold -- rich organic ...

Q:I enjoyed your article in this past week’s P-B. Wondering if you would do an extension to that article: Provide the basics to doing a compost pile in your own yard, recommendations on size, location ...