Composting is one of the most satisfying DIY projects out there — it reduces waste, enriches soil, and makes you feel like you’re doing something good for the planet. But studies have thrown a ...

As a young boy, I had to contend with my grandfather’s compost heap. It was a veritable Vesuvius of foul-smelling, putrescible plant waste, a metre high and hidden behind a privet hedge. We had placed ...