Collect and reuse your old wine corks to make a cute but functional birdhouse. You will also need paper, hot glue or wood ...

The word “homestead” usually conjures images of sprawling acreage, early mornings milking cows, and endless rows of corn. For ...

From ride-to-work challenges to waste-conscious catering, making your office more environmentally minded doesn’t have to be a slog ...

If you have a compost pile or a worm bin, you’re well on your way to creating the amazing product some gardeners call black gold — finished compost rich with nutrients. You can buy a starter worm bin ...

If you want to reduce waste and grow healthier plants but don’t have a backyard, composting is still possible. You can easily start composting in small spaces like apartments or balconies using simple ...

One of my columns I like the best is about the lesser houseflies that invade Anchorage homes this time of year. You probably have seen some flitting about windowsills. If so, you would be astonished ...

Most of what goes into U.S. landfills is organic waste, ranging from household food scraps to yard trimmings. That's a problem because in that environment, organic waste is deprived of oxygen, which ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. BRATTLEBORO — Inside a small room at the entrance of the Cotton Mill building in Brattleboro worms are busy, quietly turning compost into nutrient rich ...

Stanley Switlik launched a worm composting project to tackle food waste from the cafeteria last October. By January, the students had a rich supply of worm castings for the school’s raised garden beds ...

Unsulfured molasses can boost your garden’s health by feeding beneficial microbes that enrich the soil and support plant growth. It’s a handy compost activator and worm bin booster, but use it ...

You may have once heard your wise gardener friend tell tales of “black gold.” Surely they don’t mean petroleum products or jewelry. No, the black gold they refer to is the product of the sheer ...