You might dump your kitchen scraps into the plastic composter at the back corner of the yard and forget about them, but those compost bins are often an inefficient way to reduce food scraps into ...

If you’d like to compost all those kitchen vegetable scraps but don’t have the room or inclination for bin composting, consider trying worm composting. Toby Rabold of Upper Saucon Township has been ...

Worm composting, also known as vermicomposting, is really catching on in urban areas. If you don't have room or want to do traditional composting but really want to turn those kitchen scraps into ...

Humans tend to waste a lot of food. It's a problem that has led innovators to come up with all kinds of ideas — for how we could change grocery shopping to how we could change cooking to how we could ...

Grow healthier plants and reduce food waste by starting a compost pile. Learn what to compost, what to avoid, and the simple ...

Kitchen worm composting is something that isn’t limited to only warm seasons, explained Erica Lavdanski, who is the owner and farmer of B & H Organic Produce in Caernarvon Township, Lancaster County, ...

Meggie Smith has never liked worms much — she’s just not a nature person. But now she’s letting about a thousand of the slimy creatures live in her Evanston garage. There, in a covered bin next to her ...

If you’re looking for a quick and easy way to compost your kitchen scraps, try a worm bin. Contra Costa Master Gardener Linda Mizes says worm bins are easier to maintain than traditional compost bins, ...

I’ve been inspired to start composting but my back yard is still covered in four feet of snow, is there any way I can get started inside? ” Tracie R., Blue River I can feel your pain. Will the spring ...

Impressed by compost's contribution to the soil, gardeners conferred on it the nickname "black gold." Even more beneficial worm castings could take the title "black diamonds." Just ask Larry Steele, ...