With Philly trash collection paused during the city worker strike, here’s how to start composting: What to compost, where to drop it off, and which services offer home pickup.

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North Dakota State University Extension and the North Dakota Department of Agriculture will host a livestock and poultry mortality composting workshop from 3-7 p.m. CDT on July 1. The event ...

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Knowing what can be added to the compost pile makes all the difference between producing garden gold and a soggy, smelly mess. Learn how to get it right every time.

Layer raw chicken manure and carbon in a compost pile or bin, until you have roughly 1 cubic foot of materials. Strive for a ratio of 50 percent chicken manure or nitrogen to 50 percent carbon.

This approach, often called hot, or active, composting, can yield results in one to six months, depending on what you’re composting, how often you’re turning your pile, your climate, and more.

Freiberg, who lives west of Fond du Lac, has a compost pile at home that contains vegetable scraps, leaves, coffee grounds and peelings from apples, bananas and potatoes, but no meat products. She ...

Like livestock manure and compost tea, these castings contain beneficial microbes, and they are added to compost piles for faster composting. Bagged worm castings are available at garden centers.