How to make compost

by Rex Trulove

Composting is easy. If it is done properly it doesn't smell bad, it takes care of lawn and kitchen debris that would normally have to be hauled away, and best of all, the finished product is far better than the best and mo...read more

by Lisa Smegal

Common Compost Myths Separating Fact from Fiction Many novice gardeners are terrified at attempting to make their own compost because of all the tips people fill their heads with. Fear not however, many of these compo...read more

by Marina Shemesh

I started to make compost when I realized how much garbage my family and I generate each day. All the vegetable scraps from the kitchen and garden rubbish were thrown on a heap. The heap turned into compost and I threw awa...read more

by Elsie Parker

OK everyone, here's the thing. We only have a short time to save the earth. This is a big thing and sometimes the small people can feel helpless when faced with such a huge event, but small people can do small things tha...read more

by Lesley Allen

Every living thing will eventually die, decompose and turn back into earth. Nowhere is this more apparent than in a garden. And every garden can benefit from well made compost to enrich the soil before the spring sowings. ...read more

by J J kearns

Ahh the compost pile. Avid gardeners swear by them and inexperienced ones stay away because they fear it will smell. But have no fear if a compost pile is done properly not only will it not smell but it will break down t...read more

by Jane Brunton

Compost with Red Wigglers I have it from a reliable source that newspaper not only makes good reading but it makes good eating too. My source is one of the thousands of red wiggler worms inhabiting a couple of plast...read more

by Brad Sylvester

I know, I know. You've heard about composting. It's making a big pile of yard and kitchen waste in a big, smelly, unsightly heap out in the yard, and then turning it over to get the composted soil from the bottom, and then...read more

by Glory Lennon

Back in the olden days composting was the way of life though they didn't call it composting. All human waste was thrown out into the streets to disintegrate into what we now call a valuable gardening asset. Back then it w...read more

by Baja Raquel

Living in the desert on the Sea of Cortez in Mexico, I was desperate to have a flower garden. I'm a flower junky. After four years with not much more than some cactus and ocotillo, the ugliest stick tree around, I decide...read more

by Angelica Weathersby

If you want to make compost but you think your lifestyle or location rules it out, this may be good news for you: I have made compost in everything from a Christmas popcorn tin to the entire surface of a 40' x 50' garden. ...read more

by Jared Garrett

Doesn't it smell? I've heard that you have to buy special worms! Yeah, but you've gotta do it in the right order of layers! These are all things I have heard from people as I have given presentations about the importance a...read more

by John Carter

Compost is nature's mulch or a natural soil additive. This is something you can make your self, and say good-bye forever to commercial fertilizers. The best part of this compost is even inexpensive to make. All you need...read more

by Bill Whitney

Compost is the secret to a good garden and a good berry patch. I have known that for years and I have always had a compost pile sort of. A couple of years ago I got a ComposTumbler and boy what a difference it has made. ...read more

by Ivor W. Hartmann

On the farm, Compost Day came twice a year and was an event unto itself. No matter the weather we dressed for the occasion in gumboots and little else. On that day we would turn out the main cow byre and create new 5 metre...read more

by Kevin Brown

Every garden should have one A compost bin. Every garden should have one, preferably two, even better three. Garden compost is the basis of all good gardens. It is essential to any organic garden. Well made garden com...read more