Coffee Grounds and Filters – These not only add nitrogen, but worms love them (another greay way to compost). They're a great way to give your compost a boost.

Used coffee grounds and tea leaves enrich compost with nitrogen. Just make sure tea bags are compostable. Add coffee grounds ...

Nitrogen comes from green leaves, and grass. Grass clippings contain around 19 parts carbon to 1 part nitrogen. A good compost heap has a ratio of about 25-30 parts carbon to 1 part nitrogen.

Ants in your compost aren't always a problem, but infestations can disrupt balance. Learn when to take action and how to ...

Watch this video to see how to compost kitchen scraps at home. What can I put in a compost bin? The first step on your journey is to get a composting bin for your kitchen.

Nitrogen jumpstarts plant growth by powering chlorophyll and photosynthesis. Add it with compost, blood meal, or fertilizer—just test your soil first. Apply after the last frost, but don’t ...

When adding whole leaves, mix them into the compost pile to avoid matting. "Matted layers can impede moisture and airflow that the organisms in the pile need to do their decomposition work," she says.