Being eco-friendly in your apartment isn't as hard as you may think. You can change small features to decrease your energy consumption, recycle your cans, plastic bottles and glass, and you can ...

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 ...

There are two basic ways to compost outdoors, a static bin (like the one my colleague David Priest made himself) or a compost tumbler. There are infinite ways to make a static bin (plop down a bucket ...

"Making It" provides readers with all the tools they need to live a frugal, homemade lifestyle. With step-by-step instructions for a wide range of projects — from growing food in an apartment and ...

This homemade compost bin is lightweight and portable, which makes it easy to move around a garden. I’ve been developing my off-grid homestead for four years, but I’ve wrestled with what to do for a ...

Just because composting at home is easy doesn’t mean that everyone does it. Yes, organic compost is expensive at the garden center and free when you make it yourself, but if you don’t figure out a ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (Mass Appeal) – Reduce waste, create soil and save money by composting! Claire Cuozzo and Diana Vasquez from the Center for Eco Technology in Florence showed us how to create our own ...

Q: I loved the picture I saw of your compost bin. We have three, and I'd like to get down to one that looks half decent. Did you build yours yourself or did you buy it? I saw one like it in Gardeners ...

Dear Sandy: Every year, schools are teaching children more and more about taking care of the environment and recycling for their future. Composting is actually not recycling, but rather reusing of ...