Cold weather slows decomposition but with a few adjustments your compost pile can stay active all winter. Here is what to do differently once temperatures drop.

If your goal is to support wildlife in your yard throughout every season, don't shut down your composting operation in the winter. During the cold months, you want to attract tiny critters by ...

Gardeners often assume outdoor compost piles stop working in cold weather, but beneficial microbes can continue to break down compost all winter. The problem is that composting takes much longer in ...

Though some folks are longing for snow, weather services predict a warmer, wetter winter than usual (whatever usual is anymore). Since Washington is still in deep drought, extra rain will be helpful, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sean O'Brien with UNH Cooperative Extension talks with Matt Hoenig about the best ways to compost during the winter months. Travel ...

Learn effective home composting techniques and transform kitchen waste into nutrient-rich compost. Enhance your garden and ...

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The loyal reader knows that compost is my go-to for almost everything. I use it for mulch and to put the soil food web back into soils. I am a compost nerd. The question: What to do in the winter when ...

Is your compost a veritable Vesuvius of foul-smelling, putrescible plant waste? You might be doing everything wrong. Fear not ...

Don't let the cold deter you from keeping your pile alive. Gardeners often assume outdoor compost piles stop working in cold weather, but beneficial microbes can continue to break down compost all ...