Keeping sweet things out of your compost is usually a good way to deter animals, but this expired kitchen condiment could ...

Quick to break down and a quality source of phosphorus, potassium, and other nutrients, this often-tossed kitchen scrap can ...

While coffee grounds and banana peels both add valuable nutrients, this compost material is even easier to come by and would ...

For an eco-friendly household, composting fruit and vegetable waste is key, and this is one food scrap you might not think of ...

If you've been thinking about composting but are worried it might be too complicated or expensive, you're in the right place. Making your own DIY compost doesn't have to be a big, costly project. In ...

Worms can compost kitchen scraps and shredded paper much faster than the aerobic compost process utilized in most commercial backyard compost bins. A vermicomposting (worm composting) bin can be built ...

The best compost bins can handle everything from your morning coffee and eggs, to the veggie stir fry you had for dinner and any additional scraps, peels and grounds over the course of a day.

This paint mixing wand attached to an electric drill can reduce a bucket of whole fruits and veggies to salsa consistency in just a couple of minutes! When I discovered that the local co-op gave away ...

Practical Projects for Self-Sufficiency (Cold Springs Press, 2014), by Chris Peterson and Philip Schmidt, shows you exactly how to build dozens of projects for a self-sufficient lifestyle, with ...

A buried system like this one can still be useful outside of apartment buildings or in cities with compost restrictions.