Join instructor Joe Blanton to learn how to compost your own nutrient-rich kitchen waste and yard debris in this intensive, hands-on workshop. Each participant will build their own 55-gallon ...

SAN ANTONIO – The soil you use in your garden is important because it adds nutrients to your plants. You can save money and help out the environment at the same time by making your own compost soil.

My sustainable homestead is evolving—and the new addition to the ever-growing project involves using rain barrels to provide my chickens with drinking water, irrigate my garden, and keep my compost ...

Q: I live in an apartment and would like to compost using worms. Can you tell me more about how to get started? A: Composting using worms is called vermicomposting. This type of composting uses worms ...

NORMAL — Ready to embrace sustainable living? The Ecology Action Center is offering two workshops on Sunday that could help. The nonprofit environmental agency, 202 W. College Ave., Normal, will offer ...

Monroe County landowners who want to create better soil, keep food waste out of landfills and reduce erosion on their property have until April 11 to place orders for compost bins and rain barrels — ...