Q: I do small-scale organic vegetable gardening in containers. I have found some old wooden boxes I could use as planters but don't know if the wood is toxic. Is there a liner that is good for organic ...

The promise is simple. A small backyard setup is supposed to transform all sorts of kitchen waste into a nutrient-dense compost, a material so prized by gardeners that they gave it the nickname “black ...

You can compost a Christmas tree after the holidays instead of kicking it to the curb. But there's preparation involved to ...

Home gardeners don’t need to limit their compost piles to grass clippings, vegetable peels, eggshells, and other kitchen scraps. Most organic materials can be composted in an indoor or outdoor compost ...

You might dump your kitchen scraps into the plastic composter at the back corner of the yard and forget about them, but those compost bins are often an inefficient way to reduce food scraps into ...

In this week's Ask the Gardener, we also tackle the thorny question of pruning hydrangeas. And if you've got a 'Live Forever' plant, we've got some tips to help that live up to its name. The ...

Compost is the ultimate ingredient for building fertile soil. If everyone composted their kitchen and garden waste, the world would be a cleaner place, and we would all enjoy more productive organic ...

The best compost bin is the one you’ll actually use. I tried two popular styles and have a clear favorite. Barrel-style compost bins (left) make tumbling your compost easier, while box-style bins ...