Everything I Got Wrong in Year One
The technical errors are easy to fix. The beliefs underneath them are the real problem, starting with treating composting as...
The Two Bin Upgrade
One heap is never finished because the top is always new. A second bin turns a continuous pile into batches,...
What I Keep Next to the Compost Bin
Four things do almost all the work, three are worth it sometimes, and several popular purchases are not worth it...
Vermont’s Food Scrap Ban, Five Years On
Act 148 reached households in 2020. What actually changed, why the collection infrastructure mattered more than the mandate, and where...
Compost Activators Are a Waste of Money
The microbes in the sachet are already in your pile. What activators actually contain, why they seem to work, and...
Start Hoarding Leaves Before Your Neighbours Bag Them
Autumn hands you a free year's supply of the one material your pile is always short of. Where to get...
Your August Compost Pile Is Probably Too Dry
August stalls more piles than any other month, and almost never for the reason people assume. How to tell, and...






