Composting is an easy way to turn everyday food scraps and yard waste into something useful. Instead of tossing organic material in the trash, you can recycle it into a nutrient-rich soil amendment ...

“When we harvest, trim, or clean up organic debris from the garden we are removing nutrients that have been pulled from the soil system,” explains Shannie McCabe, horticulturist and agriculture ...

Blending kitchen scraps with water makes quick compost to feed plants. Chop up and freeze compostable kitchen waste to make large batches. Pour blender compost around plants, or into trenches, compost ...

Q. How do I start and maintain a compost pile/bin? Is there a certain type of composter you recommend? I love composting because it’s a way you can take something that would normally be waste and turn ...

I this video I explain what we do when we run out of our own homemade compost. I also show our composting bay system made ...

Zarron Brown, a former U.S. Marine, in his garden at his home in Miami Gardens. Brown is part of FIU’s new farming outreach program, designed to help veterans launch second careers or expand careers ...

Every gardener wants to know how to improve the soil in his or her vegetable plot. And I've learned, from decades of experience, that the most natural way is the best. Compost, the organic gardener's ...

Nature programs continue at Liberty State Park with Composting 101 on Sunday, Sept. 10, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Visitors will learn how to start a compost bin out of natural materials and take home the ...