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First, you spot the issue underneath swings. From across play space, mulch looks good. But when a kid steps onto it, ground feels hard. That … Read more

It’s tuesday morning, and you’re filling A TUMBLER full of hope and kitchen waste and expecting that come next weekend, it’ll be rich dark crumbly … Read more

Sawdust: One of the most stubborn materials in the composting world. It has a pure carbon structure and is waiting to break down. If the … Read more

Compost tea starts as mixture of oxygen, water, and organic matter, which then brews up into liquid loaded with beneficial microbes. Wait awhile…then out comes … Read more

Three months later: You keep staring at all those wood chips and think: Nothing’s happening in there. What’s going wrong? This is what makes people … Read more

The basics is a bag of compost, an air pump, and a bucket. Sounds easy enough, but it’s a delicate ecosystem in there. If you … Read more

Grass clippings: They will decompose rapidy, so fast that most folks think they’re ideal compost ingredients. Don’t overdo it with the clippings, however; a heap … Read more

It begins with a bagful of leaves in the back yard, or a messy kitchen, and ends with dark, crumbly soil (how long it takes … Read more

One little red shoot comes up in soil in early spring, and it can make you panic. It’s saying it’s time to start growing, but … Read more

What’s more, you begin with a bucket of coffee grounds and vegetable peelings, so how do you know how soon they’ll be transformed into soil? … Read more

Backyard composting has its own kind of denial. “It’s done,” you think, turning the heap, seeing worms look happy, feeling it get hot. It feels … Read more