Grow healthier plants and reduce food waste by starting a compost pile. Learn what to compost, what to avoid, and the simple ...

When the temperature drops and your garden goes dormant for winter, it's easy to assume it's also time to put your compost pile to bed for the season. But winter doesn't have to mean the end of ...

LAPORTE — Firefighters in LaPorte on Monday, Sept. 22 were in their second day of trying to stop a large public composting pile from burning. They were called to the 1,000-foot-plus-long pile of ...

Composting saves money when done right, but poor composting turns free soil food into useless clutter. Every spring, many ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... 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 ...

It’s a pretty simple equation: you’ll need browns, greens, water, oxygen and patience. The result is gold. Actually, the result is compost, but if you have a garden, you know compost is its own form ...

A large public compost pile in LaPorte has been burning for several days. Firefighters are using heavy machinery to dig into the pile and extinguish hotspots. Over seven million gallons of water have ...

Composting is an excellent way to eliminate spent leaves and help the environment. Composting also conserves moisture and improves the physical properties of the soil. Composting is the decomposition ...