Composting. Nature does it and so do farmers and gardeners. Just about everyone knows that compost enriches soils and boosts plant growth. A lesser-known yet critical fact is that compost also helps ...

Gardeners, gear up for our own version of Days of the Dead. Like the three days devoted to remembering and honoring departed loved ones, we focus on remembering the garden by clearing out and cleaning ...

Where: Finch Arboretum, 3404 W Woodland Blvd. When: Sat. April 29 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Details: Spokane County residents from jurisdictions participating in the County’s Solid Waste System will have ...

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Most of what goes into U.S. landfills is organic waste, ranging from household food scraps to yard trimmings. That’s a problem because in that environment, organic waste is deprived of oxygen, which ...

My office is just down the road from the Washington State University composting facility. It processes more than 10,000 pounds of organic waste every month. That’s a lot of compost! I talked about ...