Composting requires the right balance of new materials, water and heat to keep the microorganisms in your pile healthy and happy. Adobe Stock Image When gardeners ...

Your compost pile should feel alive. It should steam on chilly mornings, smell earthy instead of funky, and quietly churn away like a miniature ecosystem with a mission. When a compost pile heats up, ...

At the New Hampshire University Organic Dairy Research Farm in Lee, even the heat for the wash water is organic and locally obtained. The heat comes from the farm’s composting facility, a building ...

Learn three ways to keep composting through winter for nutrient-rich soil ready for spring planting.

Fall is a perfect time to consider composting. As our days get cooler and shorter, deciduous trees like oaks, maples, and sweetgums will begin to shed their leaves. The swamp chestnut oak in my front ...