Sean O'Brien with UNH Cooperative Extension talks with Matt Hoenig about the best ways to compost during the winter months.
If your goal is to support wildlife in your yard throughout every season, don't shut down your composting operation in the winter. During the cold months, you want to attract tiny critters by ...
When winter rolls around, it’s easy to let composting slide. The cold can make it feel like nothing will break down, but there are actually plenty of useful scraps you can still toss in your pile.
Though some folks are longing for snow, weather services predict a warmer, wetter winter than usual (whatever usual is anymore). Since Washington is still in deep drought, extra rain will be helpful, ...
Is your compost a veritable Vesuvius of foul-smelling, putrescible plant waste? You might be doing everything wrong. Fear not ...
Cold weather doesn't have to put a damper on your composting process. 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 ...
The loyal reader knows that compost is my go-to for almost everything. I use it for mulch and to put the soil food web back into soils. I am a compost nerd. The question: What to do in the winter when ...
Rats sneaking into your compost bin this winter? See how a simple galvanised wire mesh base blocks burrowing pests while ...
Forgotten bags of compost in your shed after winter? Learn how to check, revive and safely reuse last year’s mix without sacrificing spring growth.
As a young boy, I had to contend with my grandfather's compost heap. It was a veritable Vesuvius of foul-smelling, putrescible plant waste, a metre ...