Making furniture from wood pallets is trending nowadays and very cheap. Pallets have been around for decades as mechanisms ...

I have used it in the house to help me carry things upstairs, and the climbing feature makes it safe and easy." — m Robinson ...

The loyal reader knows that compost is my go-to for almost everything. I use it for mulch and to put the soil food web back into soils. I am a compost nerd. The question: What to do in the winter when ...

Blending kitchen scraps with water makes quick compost to feed plants. Chop up and freeze compostable kitchen waste to make large batches. Pour blender compost around plants, or into trenches, compost ...

Composting as a garden owner is almost a no-brainer. There are so many benefits of composting to your plants, the environment, and soil that it just makes sense to set up a compost bin in your home.

At the urging of the plastics industry, the USDA is considering allowing materials such as bioplastic cups, coffee pods and compostable plastic bags into the organic compost waste stream. Farmers and ...

“When people see the composting process up close—when they hold the finished product in their hands—they’re far more likely to separate their food scraps at home.” A May 2024 rally outside City Hall ...

Balancing the often razor-thin margins of a restaurant operation and the desire to serve an environmentally sustainable and premium quality product is a delicate dance, and one that the owners of ...

Cynthia Barnes has been covering travel, lifestyle, and food and drink for 20 years. Her work has appeared in the Boston Globe, the Toronto Star, the Discoverer, National Geographic and AAA, among ...

It doesn’t take a lot of time or investment to create worm bins filled with red wigglers that will break down food scraps into rich compost for the garden. There’s a yardstick among gardeners that ...