First popularized in Japan in the 1980s, bokashi composting is a unique, indoor composting method that has a number of advantages over other composting systems. Not only is bokashi composting small ...

Turning compost piles provides more air to beneficial microbes, helping to speed up the composting process and creating enough heat to kill weed seeds, pests, and pathogens. Aim to turn a hot compost ...

As the bumper sticker on my truck reads, “Compost Happens.” Sometimes, however, it doesn't happen fast enough. That problem usually can be traced to some limiting factor in what a pile is fed, or to ...

A typical fork labeled “biodegradable ” won’t break down quickly in a backyard composter. At an industrial composting facility, it might still take weeks. But a new countertop composting machine can ...

As the growing season draws to a close and your garden beds are filled with dead plants, consider adding them to your compost ...

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Soon, when residents of a village in Florida’s Miami-Dade County drop off their egg shells, banana peels, and other kitchen scraps for composting, they’ll be helping restore the Everglades—and benefit ...

Bokashi composting lets you create finished compost indoors in just a few weeks. First popularized in Japan in the 1980s, bokashi composting is a unique, indoor composting method that has a number of ...