Is composting worth the hassle? Good for the environment? Costly? Have all of your compost questions answered and learn about how you can make composting a regular habit in your daily life this week ...

Steam rising from a compost pile. You can learn how to make your very own compost pile below. As the temperatures begin to chill, more people are thinking about finding their snowblower than digging ...

While gardeners know that garden soil may benefit from compost, they may not know about the problems that can arise when adding too much or using poor quality compost. Let’s take time to chat about ...

Get ready for your 2025 garden with these 10 gardening tips that make it easy and efficient. - **Cover crops:** Learn how they can improve your soil. - **Composting:** Demystify the art of composting ...

Use these tips to compost pumpkins and turn household waste into a rich soil amendment. Plus, find out which pumpkins you should not compost and get a few other eco-friendly ideas for putting old ...

Compost and mulch. Both are great soil conditioners, but how do they differ? Each serves as a time-release fertilizer and insulator. When augmented with livestock and poultry manure, nutrient-rich ...

Although we had a little snow on the ground for much of November and December, snow has been scarce as we move toward the New Year. If this continues, does this have any consequences for our gardens?

With container gardening, it's surprisingly easy to slip into unsustainable practices—here's how to keep it green. Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, ...

Cheryl Desha receives relevant funding from the Queensland Government, Gold Coast City Council and Rocky Point Pty Ltd. She is a member of Engineers Australia (EA), the Surveying and Spatial Sciences ...

Whole or carved pumpkins make excellent compost, but not all pumpkins should be composted. Every year, about 1.3 billion pumpkins are thrown in the trash in the United States. However, carved, whole, ...