And remember to use coffee grounds or beer to boost microbial activity in your composting starter. These sugars feed microorganisms, speeding up decay and creating a healthy compost pile.

As the days grow shorter and the temperatures begin to drop, preparing your compost pile for winter becomes essential to ensure it remains productive and healthy. Winter can be a challenging time for ...

Food mix: Worm feed needs to be around 50 percent food scraps and 50 percent fiber, such as leaves, coffee filters, and paper ...

However, this isn’t easy, Shida notes. Factors such as the composition of raw materials at the start of the composting process, the other microorganisms they contain, and physical parameters ...

and bacteria … so they will take up less space in the landfill! Some of the containers in our experiment are examples of these new materials. They break down in the environment and add nutrients to ...

We always want our compost bins to be sweet-smelling, with aerobic bacteria decomposing garden waste in an airy environment. But cooked food waste is dense and airless so only anaerobic bacteria ...

Fall means it's time to clean up the garden, but once you’re done raking and mowing, don’t trash those leaves, grass and ...

“Bagged potting mix and compost can contain Legionella bacteria, which when breathed in, can cause Legionnaires’ disease” says Dr Cheryl Brunton, Medical Officer of Health for the National Public ...

While many toilets use the RV's water tanks to operate, they aren't the only option available. RV composting toilets are also available, providing an alternative to the traditional idea of what a ...

Get rid of food scraps by composting with the right products In vermicomposters like the Bionicraft (pictured), worms turn your fruit and vegetable scraps into high-quality fertilizer, but they ...