Composting at home has many benefits, from enriching the soil with nutrients to reducing methane emissions by diverting food waste from landfills. People typically compost fruit peels, vegetable ...

Making your own compost (or “black gold”) is a prized skill among home gardeners, who use the nutrient-rich soil additive to boost their outdoor plants as well as their indoor gardens. It might seem ...

Every banana peel, coffee filter and wilted lettuce leaf you toss in the trash ends up somewhere — and more often than not, that somewhere is a landfill. But there is a simple, practical alternative ...

If you want to reduce waste and grow healthier plants but don’t have a backyard, composting is still possible. You can easily start composting in small spaces like apartments or balconies using simple ...

The promise is simple. A small backyard setup is supposed to transform all sorts of kitchen waste into a nutrient-dense compost, a material so prized by gardeners that they gave it the nickname “black ...

Like a lot of people, I spent quarantine getting into gardening, using the time I saved not commuting anywhere to research raised beds, something called hugelkultur, and slug deterrents. Over four ...

If you’re keen to reduce waste and improve the way you manage your kitchen trash, a countertop compost bin is a great place to start. These self-contained systems allow you to collect coffee grounds, ...

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Across the UK, gardeners are being urged to rescue old washing up sponges from the bin this February and send them outside instead. From compost heaps to frosty pots, this simple trick could quietly ...