SAN ANTONIO – The soil you use in your garden is important because it adds nutrients to your plants. You can save money and help out the environment at the same time by making your own compost soil.

Even in the garden, “waste not, want not” is good advice. To keep useful nutrients and organic matter in your yard and put them to work, make compost from your yard waste. “Compost is basically just ...

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 ...

Build your pile on well-drained soil in sun or shade. Place a plastic barrier underneath if pests are a concern. Use a ...

Some gardeners have asked if composting garden, yard and food waste is sustainable or beneficial to the environment since the composting process generates lots of carbon dioxide, the principal ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Compost is a mixture of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land. Raw organic waste becomes a nutrient-rich soil amendment when properly composted.

You can build a freestanding compost pile or create an aerated compost enclosure using chicken wire, snow fence, wooden pallets, or lumber. Using these systems, you need to maintain enough heat in the ...

Q: How much fireplace ashes should I use on my compost pile? Will ashes make it break down faster? Drew Kimball, email A: You should not add ashes to a compost pile. Something that seems such a simple ...