Bins made for in-ground composting are typically cylinders with holes. IKEA's utensil holder makes the ideal composting tool, and costs much less.

If your garden could ask, it would have only one thing on its holiday wish list: a worm bin. Experienced gardeners know that abundant harvests are fed by the health, makeup and diversity of their soil ...

This (surprisingly) not-gross project gives you a steady supply of plant food. While worms seem firmly like outside creatures, building a worm farm can give you an outlet for some of your food scraps ...