I have used it in the house to help me carry things upstairs, and the climbing feature makes it safe and easy." — m Robinson ...

Making furniture from wood pallets is trending nowadays and very cheap. Pallets have been around for decades as mechanisms ...

Wood pallets can be used to create an attractive and low-cost compost system that will eliminate the look of unsightly ...

Fairfax County residents have another option for managing organic wastes such as fruit and vegetable peels, food left on dinner plates, coffee grounds, and even paper towels and napkins. Rather than ...

The loyal reader knows that compost is my go-to for almost everything. I use it for mulch and to put the soil food web back into soils. I am a compost nerd. The question: What to do in the winter when ...

Spelman College has released new data outlining the environmental impact of its campus composting initiative. According to an impact report from Compost Now, the college’s program has diverted 301,649 ...

Composting toilets are a great idea, but no one likes to think of the waste just sitting there and slowly … fermenting. A new eco-friendly toilet gets around that problem by using mushrooms to ...

Blending kitchen scraps with water makes quick compost to feed plants. Chop up and freeze compostable kitchen waste to make large batches. Pour blender compost around plants, or into trenches, compost ...

Composting as a garden owner is almost a no-brainer. There are so many benefits of composting to your plants, the environment, and soil that it just makes sense to set up a compost bin in your home.

At the urging of the plastics industry, the USDA is considering allowing materials such as bioplastic cups, coffee pods and compostable plastic bags into the organic compost waste stream. Farmers and ...

Cynthia Barnes has been covering travel, lifestyle, and food and drink for 20 years. Her work has appeared in the Boston Globe, the Toronto Star, the Discoverer, National Geographic and AAA, among ...