Bokashi uses fermentation to break down food waste into beneficial pre-compost. The process takes place inside an airtight container, making it odor- and pest-free. Unlike traditional composting, you ...

First popularized in Japan in the 1980s, bokashi composting is a unique, indoor composting method that has a number of advantages over other composting systems. Not only is bokashi composting small ...

Dear Heloise: I have a plastic compost bucket in my kitchen. We dump all vegetable and fruit discards in it and then dump it in the green bin for the city to compost. I tossed my old one because I ...

Many gardeners want to learn how to make a compost bin, and for good reason. Not only is composting a low-cost way to nourish your plants with the most nutritious soil improver, but it also recycles ...

If you're tired of smelly garbage, the Vego Kitchen Composter is a great way to responsibly dispose of food scraps — if you're fine with sacrificing the countertop space. Food waste is a big deal.

With all the daily struggles we face, worrying about the soil might not seem to be a priority. However, at present, cropland soil is eroding roughly ten times faster than it can be replenished. This ...

Dan Kilrain checks the temperature of the compost pile at Work Farm Song on a Tuesday afternoon. Credit: SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN— Sign up for the Concord Monitor’s morning newsletter for essential news ...