Why, what and where to compost? A look at the basics
Here’s a riddle: What will weed, feed and water your garden, and take care of your garbage?
“Ideal teenager” is not the answer. It’s compost!
Compost is hard to define. In some sense, the apple core I tossed on the ground a month ago is on its way to becoming a compost of some sort. But compost is usually taken to mean a pile of organic material — stuff that is or was living — deliberately assembled for relatively fast decomposition.