DEAR GARDEN COACH: I live in a condominium with a small patio where I garden. I don’t have a place for a compost pile, but am thinking about a worm bin. Can you advise on the best way to get one ...
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — Many of us have a compost pile in our backyard. It takes several months or even up to a year to compost our food scraps. Vermicomposting, or worm composting, is a quicker ...
Steam rising from a compost pile. You can learn how to make your very own compost pile below. As the temperatures begin to chill, more people are thinking about finding their snowblower than digging ...
If you’re looking for a quick and easy way to compost your kitchen scraps, try a worm bin. Contra Costa Master Gardener Linda Mizes says worm bins are easier to maintain than traditional compost bins, ...
Master Gardener Larry Steele holds red worm casting Lynn Ke.jpg Master Gardener Larry Steele holds a handful of hardworking red worms, which turn kitchen waste into nutritious castings. (Lynn Ketchum) ...
Someone preparing a bokashi compost bucket with lots of food scraps. - Guido Mieth/Getty Images By just looking at it, bokashi and worm composting (vermicomposting) might seem like similar ways to ...
Gardeners often assume outdoor compost piles stop working in cold weather, but beneficial microbes can continue to break down compost all winter. The problem is that composting takes much longer in ...
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Not everyone has a garden but if you want to be more environmentally friendly, you can throw scraps into a compost bin. As KOLR10’s Heather Lewis learned, composting is great for a ...