Look on the shelves of almost any store or in any catalog selling plants and gardening equipment and you’ll find “compost activators” offered. These mixtures contain beneficial micro-organisms, ...

Food waste is a significant contributor to greenhouse gasses and accounts for roughly one third of the food meant for human consumption. Composting is the process by which food is converted into a ...

I’ve heard that compost accelerators speed up composting and result in better compost. Are these claims true? Most independent studies have concluded that those products aren’t worth the expense. The ...

Look on the shelves of almost any store or in any catalog selling plants and gardening equipment and you'll find compost activators offered. These mixtures contain beneficial microorganisms, nutrients ...

Probably the oldest existing reference to the use of manure in agriculture is found on a set of clay tablets found in Mesopotamia (ancient Iraq) 1,000 years before Moses. The Bible, Sir Walter Raleigh ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. To stay productive, efficient, and healthy, a compost pile needs a steady supply of nitrogen-rich green matter. This fuels the microbial ...