Take it from me: Collecting organic waste is easy if you compost it in your own backyard

… You dont need a lot of room and you dont need to be an ownerrenters can compost outside too A composter can be had for … that Im really comfortable with composting I grew up with parents who had a compost pile as we called it It was just a … the regular garbage More recently I lived in a threefamily rental building and the landlord had a composter like this …

By Jennifer White Karp |March 23, 2026 - 10:30AM
My attempt to grow a lawn from seed in my tiny front yard

… New Yorkers are a funny bunch Many of us have forsaken our place of origin in favor of the unique sometimes maddening … grass and lawn game like Scotts and Pennington and assorted blogs and forums where people freak out and ask lots of … proudly yell Get off my lawn … You Might Also Like … viewbublogpanes=ymalinline …   … Improve … Small Projects + DIY … …

By Mimi OConnor |March 19, 2025 - 3:30PM
Secret gardens: The plants and insects that inhabit NYC's green roofs

… these fascinating and often cute little balls of fur that live on the edge of existence Partridge says Theyre out … a green roof space that can be foraged way up high And most of these bats that are moving through are migratory If … bees on their bee camera here Other insects like arthropods live a more stationary lifestyle on green roofs Unable to …

By Celia Young |August 21, 2023 - 3:52PM