Dispose of weeds, such as dandelions, thistles, ground elder and bindweed, in your green waste bin instead. If the weeds have not gone to seed, they should be fine to go on the compost heap. But, to ...

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DAVENPORT, Iowa — The Davenport Compost Facility is celebrating 30 years of turning waste into reusable products for the community. The site opened in 1995 as the first of its kind in Iowa. Unlike ...

Human composting is now legal in New Jersey. The bill was signed into law last week. It allows for natural organic reduction, also known as human composting. Families who want to forgo a traditional ...

And now more cities are implementing curbside composting to help them meet their sustainability goals. New York is currently rolling out a mandatory composting program that will soon be effect in ...

Sonoma County is about to roll out the red carpet for some unlikely celebrities: worms. With two composting workshops on the calendar this fall, locals have a chance to see firsthand how these slim, ...

So you've got your compost ready for the next gardening season. Maybe you even learned how to make your own DIY compost. But how much compost does your garden soil really need? Composting is one of ...

SANTA CRUZ — Many people are familiar with Grey Bears’ multi-room thrift store and its healthy food programming, including free on-site produce distribution. But there are other programs worth ...

You may have once heard your wise gardener friend tell tales of “black gold.” Surely they don’t mean petroleum products or jewelry. No, the black gold they refer to is the product of the sheer ...

There’s a yardstick among gardeners that good, rich soil with lots of actively decaying organic matter in it should have about a dozen or more earthworms (Lumbricus terrestris) in each cubic foot. But ...