Compost piles have been a staple of gardening since Adam was handed that accursed apple, but compost itself takes many forms. It might be a pile of windblown leaves, trapped in the ankles of a shrub ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The objective of this study was (a) to detect changes of the functional abilities of the microflora during composting of manure as a result of ...

WITH its ability to convert farm manure into a richer and more fertile material, the Morawetz TS IV has proved to be an indispensable machine at Sheepdrove Farm in Berks. The organic livestock/arable ...

A telltale hump on the landscape is all that remains of the old Newton, Mass., landfill, closed and capped a few years ago. But leaves, the colorful harvest of fall that once helped fill the old dump, ...

WENATCHEE — Tucked away, out of sight and out of mind on the northwest edge of a hill, is an unusual farm. The windrows on this farm are not made of hay. They consist of smelly, rotting fruit, horse ...