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

… You can compost your own veggie scraps and leaves if you live in a townhouse or small one to fourfamily building It … organic material around the city does not seem ideal … My life in composting … I should probably explain that Im … throw an apple core in the regular garbage More recently I lived in a threefamily rental building and the landlord had …

By Jennifer White Karp |March 23, 2026 - 10:30AM
How I once turned an illegal Brooklyn roof deck into my garden oasis

… to move in together each of us were living in pretty sweet apartments with roommates His was oversized and in the … of land transformed me into someone who not only wanted to garden but needed to  The day I moved out I stood on the … one of my criteria was some kind of outdoor space That spring we moved further out into Brooklyn to a place with …

By Mimi OConnor |August 1, 2023 - 2:00PM