If you feel guilty about creating food waste, composting is an easy way to relieve yourself of the anxiety of not eating all the groceries you enthusiastically picked out last week. You can even give ...

My wife has been saving coffee grounds, crushed eggshells and orange peels to add to her vegetable garden soil. But lately she has also been saving raw garbage such as spoiled whole vegetables and ...

Answer: Fruit peels are one of the many items that are OK to put into compost piles, according to Rowan County Extension Service Director Darrell Blackwelder. Blackwelder said the main things to avoid ...

Garden Plot Editor Mike McGrath will appear at the Leesburg Home Expo at the Douglass Community Center, 405 East Market Street, Leesburg, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and at noon Sunday. Jennifer ...

It didn’t take long for one teacher to realize a consistent trend in the cafeteria at Bettendorf Middle School. “Students are required to take fruits and vegetables, but some kids just won’t eat them, ...

If you cook at home a lot, if you have kids who can't feed everything they won't eat to their dog, if you have a garden or would like to, if you have an orange tree that catapults its fruit faster ...

WENATCHEE — Tucked away, out of sight and out of mind on the northwest edge of a hill, is an unusual farm. The windrows on this farm are not made of hay. They consist of smelly, rotting fruit, horse ...

West Valley residents looking to reduce their waste in landfills now have the opportunity to learn how to turn their trash into compost. Santa Clara County’s Home Composting Education Program is ...

Compost tea is the process of extracting liquid from solid compost material. Feed your plants with compost tea every couple of weeks for the best results. Schedule compost tea feeding on watering days ...

Why do some trees drop fruits prematurely? HANNAH: This can be caused by a few factors, including that your tree isn’t getting enough water consistently. Pests and diseases can also affect fruit drop, ...