Compost filter socks are mesh tubes filled with composted bark and wood chips. Besides making lovely wedding gifts, they are also used at construction sites to limit the amount of silt in the water ...

A new study finds that compost filters socks can reduce soil erosion from croplands and reduce the amount of herbicide in runoff. Water runoff from cropped farm fields can contain large amounts of ...

MADISON, WI, June 21st, 2010 – Water runoff from cropped farm fields can contain large amounts of eroded soil as well as some of the fertilizer and herbicide. Expanding on existing conservation ...

At first glance, the product looks like a giant earthworm, or an earthy sausage 9 inches in diameter. Called a compost filter sock, it's actually a fabric tube stuffed with composted yard waste. Its ...

I didn't shop 'til I dropped over the weekend, I gardened 'til I dropped. It's just so tempting isn't it when the weather is 50-plus degrees and the sun is shining? I couldn't stand upright afterwards ...

This release is available in Spanish. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and their collaborators have improved on an existing method for removing contaminants from storm water runoff.

• The Master Composter and Recycler Program is sponsored by the Spokane County Regional Solid Waste System. Contact them through the Recycling Hotline at (509) 477-6800 or ...