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 ...

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 ...

Sean O'Brien with UNH Cooperative Extension talks with Matt Hoenig about the best ways to compost during the winter months.

Composting doesn't stop when temperatures drop. While many gardeners cover their piles in fall and forget about them until spring, winter composting actively breaks down organic matter and produces ...

Now that winter is here, are you continuing to compost? Some people give up the exercise in winter due to cold temperatures and will resume again in the spring when it warms up. Just because it is ...

In this column, staff at the Center for EcoTechnology offer advice on easy ways for people — and businesses — to introduce green changes in their daily lives. This week, we discuss the ins and outs of ...

Winter has a reputation problem, especially in the garden. The days get shorter, the air bites back, and everything looks frozen, silent, and completely unproductive. That's exactly why winter ...

Although we had a little snow on the ground for much of November and December, snow has been scarce as we move toward the New Year. If this continues, does this have any consequences for our gardens?

The moment the snow melts and the garden wakes up, the compost pile sometimes delivers a shocking surprise. Instead of the ...

The cold weather can put us off spending time in our backyards, but it's important not to fall behind on essential garden tasks during the winter season. Compost, for example, needs to be maintained ...

Winter composting can feel like a free pass to toss anything into the pile and “let it sort itself out later.” The problem is that cold slows decomposition, which means the wrong scraps don’t break ...