Who wants a bucket of smelly food scraps in their kitchen? That question is what led Gail Loos, a full-time marketer and mother of two, to develop the GreenCycler all-in-one compost shredder and ...

Inside my house, the shredder is the equivalent of the compost bin outdoors, based on how much it is put to work. I shred everything. In fact, I derive great pleasure from it. If you think that sounds ...

A $383,990 Recycling Development and Implementation grant from the state Department of Environmental Protection will help the Mountain Top Council of Governments move into phase 2 of its compost ...

In this video, I show you my new hansa Chipper/shredder that I have been testing for the past few months in our garden to ...

Fallen leaves and other garden wastes accumulated in fall clean-up chores are the makings of the best thing you can give back to your soil. It is compost, called ”brown gold” by some gardeners; so why ...

When trees shed their canopy of colorful foliage, the leaves and other garden wastes raked up in fall clean-up chores often create a disposal problem, especially for those who live in urban areas. But ...

Find a source of fresh fall leaves that you want to collect. Carefully examine the leaves to ensure there are no signs of ...

Those leaves are then often raked up and put on the curbside to be collected with the trash. Please, don’t do that. They are a valuable form of organic matter that can be put to use in your landscape.

A chill is in the air and days are getting shorter. This triggers deciduous trees to change colors and shed their leaves, making it the perfect time to start a compost pile. Why compost? Compost is an ...

Q: I have read with great interest and desperation your writings on composting. From my own experience, I concur with your advice that the organic material needs to be no more than 1/2 inch in size. I ...

When I cogitate on the methods and outcome of home composting, I often think of the title of the classic compost book, “Let it Rot” by Stu Campbell. The book was first published in 1975 (the same year ...