There’s a reason gardeners in South Florida call compost “black gold” and why many of them produce it in their own yards. “I find composting empowering; you don’t have to wait on anyone,” said Lanette ...

Humans tend to waste a lot of food. It's a problem that has led innovators to come up with all kinds of ideas — for how we could change grocery shopping to how we could change cooking to how we could ...

Food waste — kitchen scraps, restaurant leftovers, and expired food that gets tossed out at grocery stores — decays quickly. That process generates more methane than any other material that ends up in ...

Follow these step-by-step instructions to boost your composting game with worms. “Vermicompost has higher nutrient concentrations than compost but lesser amounts of soluble salts,” explains Rhonda ...

Q: I live in an apartment and would like to compost using worms. Can you tell me more about how to get started? A: Composting using worms is called vermicomposting. This type of composting uses worms ...

DEAR GARDEN COACH: I live in a condominium with a small patio where I garden. I don’t have a place for a compost pile, but am thinking about a worm bin. Can you advise on the best way to get one ...

Wriggly, voracious Eisenia fetida — red wiggler worms — could be the new livestock for Southern California gardeners ... if only they were easier to find. The demand for composting worms skyrocketed ...

Apartment dwellers and anyone else without their own yard can sometimes feel left out of the Earth Day conversation when it touts all the benefits of growing food or landscaping with native plants in ...

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 ...