The Sunshine Gardening Podcast · September 28, 2026 · 28 min

Home Composting 101: Turn Kitchen & Yard Waste into Garden Gold

Kristin Hildabrand, Warren County Extension Agent for Horticulture, meets with Joanna Coles, Warren County Extension Agent for Agriculture & Natural Resources, to discuss home composting. They discussed the benefits of home composting, the four basic pillars of home composting, brown versus green materials, a blueprint for building the compost pile, compost pile options, finished compost, and ways to use it around the home.