The spring weather has led many people to start work on their lawns. St. Cloud Public Works Assistant Director Dan Legatt ...

The seven-member "Common Sense Caucus" introduced legislation on Thursday that would nix the new fines issued to property ...

Apply commercial fertilizers, manure or compost to cane, bush (gooseberries, currants, and blueberries), and trailing berries ...

Then came the dumpster inspection. Could anything in there go to compost? Ms. Billings, a consultant contracted by the state government, took notes, snapped pictures and peered behind the bar to ...

Auckland Council rolled out food scrap bins for 465,000 households in April 2023. One of the recipients was Jenni Smith, who ...

"No matter how clean you keep it and you change the bag you get maggots. "To us it's just been a complete waste ... so that supports them being certified as compostable for home compost and it does ...

Over the warmer months it is not uncommon, when turning our compost piles, to uncover a particular fly’s larvae (or maggots) in... In last-week’s Compost Conversation we looked at what makes some ...

It wears a face "mask" on its butt. The reason why is genius, and there's definitely more to these maggots than meets the eye. Blow flies (Calliphoridae), also known as bottle flies, are found ...

Learn more. The Kennebunk Climate Action Plan, adopted by the select board in 2024, tasks the Energy Efficiency and Sustainability Committee to pursue town-wide composting. The goal is to reduce ...

The Municipal Corporation (MC) has set top priority to garden composting as part of its sustainable waste management efforts. As per the directions of Amit Kumar, Commissioner, MC, the ...

The Gauteng health department has dismissed claims of an outbreak of myiasis, a disease linked to maggots in Pretoria North clinics. The department said an investigation into the claims found no ...

I would not recommend adding fresh wood chips directly to your garden soil. Compost is useful in revitalizing your garden because it contains readily available nutrients, providing benefits to ...