Gloria C. of Santa Rosa asks: I have three compost bins that are already full and overflowing with composting material. Now, here come the falling leaves. I have no room for another compost bin, so ...

The do’s and don’ts of maintaining a healthy compost pile and building a better garden compost bin. This planet has been making dirt for a long time: decomposing carbon-based organic matter through a ...

No matter how much you make, there’s never enough compost to go around. So pick your system and get started. By Margaret Roach How’s that compost coming? If you live in a New York City apartment, it ...

Re: “Compost happens. But how can you take advantage of it in your own garden?” May 5 news story. Your article on composting left out a very efficient method that is ideally suited to Colorado’s ...

When I work in the herb garden, I prefer to work without gardening gloves. That way my hands can touch the microbes and other microscopic organisms and the creatures that make the soil alive. I am ...