Every spring I bought bags of chemical fertilizer, spread them across the beds, and expected bigger harvests. The plants ...

As spring approaches, gardeners typically plan their sowing and potting – and potting compost is an essential element of this. More than three million cubic metres of potting compost are used in the ...

Composting plants process biowaste into finished compost, which ends up as fertilizer in soils. A study by the University of Bayreuth shows that finished compost from composting plants in Germany ...

Many urban gardeners know that adding ingredients like compost and mulch to their soil has great benefits. But it can be difficult to know what to add and why. Researchers at Purdue University ...

Tis the season to … compost. With tree leaves and debris from garden clean-up and winter garden preparation abundant, now is the time to begin. One of the most important products and processes in ...

A buried system like this one can still be useful outside of apartment buildings or in cities with compost restrictions.

"I just dump the whole bin of shredded paper on top of it." ...

Autumn isn’t just about cozy sweaters, pumpkin spice, and crunchy leaves—it’s also one of the most important times to pamper your plants. As temperatures cool and growth slows, your garden quietly ...

There's some common household waste, which you sweep up from corners and under furniture, that you may be sadly trashing ...

I stepped out of my house to get a little pruning done after working on soil tests all morning and it was just plain NASTY. 40 degrees and spitting rain was not my idea of a yardwork day. Some plants ...