One of Lanette Sobel’s most trusted business partners is a worm. Actually, she works with lots of worms. They’re essential to her specialized six-acre farm in Homestead. While many of her agricultural ...

Many gardeners rely on compost to help improve their soils. Taking compost a step further, some gardeners use worms to break down the compost even more. Vermicomposting, or worm composting, uses red ...

Composting is beneficial to gardeners and the environment, but to make the most of it, you need to discover which method best ...

Tired of finding pests in your compost? Try these simple, natural spray solutions to keep bugs at bay without hurting beneficial insects or microbes.

Editor's note: This is second of two articles on worm composting. Last week's column -- questions and answers on worm composting -- didn't quite cover the basics of that subject. Here's the rest of ...

There are, says Charles Dowding, several myths about garden composting that need debunking. “A lot of people are under the impression that you can’t put weeds on a compost heap full stop. That’s ...

Living in an apartment doesn't mean you have to give up on composting. It's one thing to want to reduce your environmental ...

In an arrangement between Savor, the Alamodome's culinary arm, and the San Antonio Composting Project, about half a dozen volunteers loaded 25 buckets of food waste collected from the arena’s kitchens ...

At Michigan State, 51,000 students produce 14,000 pounds of food waste across MSU’s 30 dining locations in a single day. Generally, food waste is sent to decompose in open air in a landfill, producing ...

One of Lanette Sobel’s most trusted business partners is a worm. Actually, she works with lots of worms. They’re essential to her specialized six-acre farm in Homestead. While many of her agricultural ...