We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Want to suppress weeds, conserve moisture, and enrich your soil over time? The first step is choosing the best type of mulch for your garden.

Compost piles are just beginning to dry out and heat up again. Cold weather and too much water (rainfall) stops the decomposition process. Help restart the decomposition process in your garden waste ...

Homemade compost is popular with gardeners and landscape enthusiasts. Compost is an effective, efficient and natural way to treat the soil, and you can make it yourself. Composting is the biological ...

Homemade compost is the secret ingredient in many gardens and what’s missing in many more. It’s why some gardeners get endless bouquets from their beds and tomatoes that are plump, tasty and ...

If you're wondering how to make compost and why-- well, read on for all the dirt. As gardeners can attest, we grow very attached to the stuff. In fact, when I moved to my new house many years ago, I ...

You might think you know what to put on your compost heap and what to leave out, but there are several unusual compost ingredients that most of us probably don’t think about adding. It means you could ...

As the pandemic keeps many people closer to home than usual, a remarkable number of folks are spending more time tending their gardens and landscapes. As usual, shifting weather caused fluctuations in ...

Compost happens. Yes, this garden alchemy really is that simple. Compost results from the natural cycle of life and death. “Mother Nature takes care of everything,” said Judy Elliott, senior education ...

Adding mulch to your garden will keep back weeds and keep soil cooler even on the hottest days. But does mulch help plants grow better? Amelia Argyropoulos of Lancaster looked into that question. She ...

TURNING betelnut skin rubbish to soil mulch, owner of the Seed Supplier micro-business and agriculturalist Geno Geno was ...