Articles tagged “Composting Tips”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Visiting Friends Who Don't Compost? What Can You Do? By Team Planet Green IN Travel & Outdoors Mar 6 2009 There are a pleathora of useful tips for going green around the house, but what do you do when you're away from home? How best can one take their day-to-day habits on-the-road? Being green is remarkably easy when you have the systems in place to make it fool proof. But when you are traveling and don't have those systems in place, it can be frustrating. + READ MORE

Green Glossary: Grasscycling By Mickey Z. IN Home & Garden Jan 26 2009 While much of the country is shoveling snow, some are tending lawns. Grasscycling, in the words of the California Integrated Waste Management Board CIWMB, is ?the natural recycling of grass by leaving clippings on the lawn when mowing. Grass clippings will quickly decompose, returning valuable nutrients to the soil.? + READ MORE

Build a Compost Box in Your Apartment By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Dec 12 2008 Not all of us live in fabulous solar-powered eco-dwellings. Many of us live in cruddy, old apartments and have mean landlords who look like they tie women to railroad tracks in silent movies. It can be hard to be a green renter. One of the common misconceptions about renting is that an apartment dweller is unable to compost. That is not true. Here is what is true. + READ MORE

Green Your Yard, Part 2: Rethinking the Backyard By Mairi Beautyman IN Home & Garden Jun 27 2008 A massive carpet of lush green grass covering the back forty is as American as apple pie. But what's the price of a conventionally treated (read: chemically assisted) lawn? And is it possible to sprout a piece of eco-conscious turf that will have the neighbors calling over the fence for your secrets? To find out, we sat down with landscape architect Richard Pete, founder of the design-build firm R.H. Pete Associates Landscape Architects in Vermont. As the previous owner of an organic lawn-care company and a board member of the Composting Association of Vermont, Pete knows all about the goods that get lawns truly green. + READ MORE

Today on TreeHugger By Jessica Root IN Home & Garden May 19 2008 Get a sneak peak at Espirit's Ecollection clothing. Find your perfect composting method. Learn the link between food and our environment. All this and more, today on TreeHugger! + READ MORE

Composting Basics: Make Your Own Fertilizer By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Nov 12 2007 Instead of watching your vegetable cuttings get trucked off to some distant landfill for all perpetuity, give your garden soil a zero-cost shot of high-powered, plant-loving nutrients by letting your kitchen waste degrade into rich, earthy compost. transferred back to other plants Fats, grease, lard, or oils-create... + READ MORE