Like many gardeners, I have a compost heap. A place where miscellaneous green waste — grass clippings, spent perennials and deceased plants …
Donate your Halloween pumpkins to feed composting worms
The pumpkins will be used to feed the worms at Big Red Worms, a compost facility just outside of Lincoln. A portion of the pumpkins will also be …
Residents encouraged to compost pumpkins after Halloween
To learn more about how to compost pumpkins, watch this short video and read the Home Composting: Reap a Heap of Benefits info sheet.
Citywide leaf pickup to begin in Circleville Monday
Frazier said in years past a local farm has taken the leaves and used them as compost but since that farm has been sold they will be sent to Com-Til …
Marshall moves toward opening commercial composting facility
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Marshall University says it plans to open a commercial compost facility in January. The university said in a statement that it’s …
Potting mix warning following death of Dunedin gardener
The recent death of a Dunedin man has prompted Public Health South to remind spring gardeners of the need to handle potting mix and compost with …
Think vegware will solve our plastic crisis? Think again.
The use of this word ‘compostable’ suggests to the user that they naturally breakdown in any organic environment including a home compost, much …
Sharon Hull, This Week in the Garden | Improving soil health
With all soil types, the advice is to work in generous amounts of humus, in the form of manures, vegetation or finished compost. And autumn is the …
Over the garden fence: Use those leaves that are falling now to make a compost pile
Although the autumn foliage in the mountains and valleys is a bright hue of reds, oranges and other beautiful fall colors, we can already observe that …
Marshall working toward first commercial compost facility in West Virginia
The Marshall Sustainability Department is developing the first commercial compost facility in West Virginia, located at its University Heights location off …