The best gardeners know the simple truth about compost: It’s better than fertilizer when it comes to providing a nutrient-rich growing environment for plants. Composting is easy and inexpensive, and ...

Blending kitchen scraps with water makes quick compost to feed plants. Chop up and freeze compostable kitchen waste to make large batches. Pour blender compost around plants, or into trenches, compost ...

How can I keep kitchen scraps indoors for a few days without odor or fruit flies developing? You don’t need a fancy compost pail with a filter to keep your kitchen compost odor- and fly-free. One easy ...

Available now at Michaels, the Norpro Ceramic Kitchen Compost Keeper is your ticket to a more eco-conscious home for a price ...

Electric composters are a recent innovation with a promising future. Now you can compost at home in small spaces with no odors and minimal effort.

Setting up an in-home recycling program isn't so hard these days, particularly since the majority of our local garbage haulers allow items to be "co-mingled." Co-mingling describes the practice of ...

Which compost starter is best? Globally, food waste contributes 8%-10% of all greenhouse gas emissions. One way to mitigate food waste in your home is to start a home compost bin, which not only keeps ...

JANESVILLE—A program at Janesville's Hedberg Public Library will show how to start a worm farm in your kitchen. "Worm-bin Composting" runs from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 27, at the library, 316 S.

If you have leaves accumulating on your lawn and in the garden, instead of raking them up into piles and putting them in bags to set on the curb, may we suggest composting them. Leaves are full of ...