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 ...

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — Many of us have a compost pile in our backyard. It takes several months or even up to a year to compost our food scraps. Vermicomposting, or worm composting, is a quicker ...

Composting your kitchen scraps using worms not only is fun and easy, says Contra Costa Master Gardener Linda Mizes, your plants are going to love the end result. Worms convert those scraps into ...

Master Gardener Larry Steele holds red worm casting Lynn Ke.jpg Master Gardener Larry Steele holds a handful of hardworking red worms, which turn kitchen waste into nutritious castings. (Lynn Ketchum) ...

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 ...

Steam rising from a compost pile. You can learn how to make your very own compost pile below. As the temperatures begin to chill, more people are thinking about finding their snowblower than digging ...

Here's how to keep composting in winter so you'll have finished compost in spring. beekeepx / Getty Images Gardeners often assume outdoor compost piles stop working in cold weather, but beneficial ...