It’s the end of an era. As of Monday, Columbia County’s solid waste department is officially out of the compost business. The two composting cylinders, where all the county’s trash was deposited for ...

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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 ...

Scrapping the Columbia County Solid Waste Department’s composting drums will be a do-it-yourself job, the County Board’s solid waste committee decided Monday. Not only will having county employees ...

Square? Round? Worm bin? Tumbler? Choosing a compost bin is one of the most important decisions in life. Okay, not really. But choosing the right compost bin is the first step in the journey to ...

The annual shower has begun, so delightful to some, so aggravating to others. It will last for weeks and it won’t drain away. The shower, of course, is the shedding of mega-millions of leaves. After a ...

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 ...