Composting is an essential skill to learn for any serious gardener. Known affectionately as black gold, compost is a rich, nutritious soil improver and costs little to make besides time. As well as ...

Californians who long ago became accustomed to separating their trash and recycling their cans, bottles and paper are now being asked to separate their kitchen garbage so it can be recycled into ...

MILWAUKEE -- Just in time for Earth Day on April 22, there’s proof Milwaukee is making a difference. It’s been a little more than a year since the city launched a pilot program to have separate ...

I compost as much as I can, from food scraps to coffee grounds (and the filters) to used paper towels. This is what people do in many other parts of the country, including the San Francisco Bay area, ...