As the growing season draws to a close and your garden beds are filled with dead plants, consider adding them to your compost ...

In this video, we give you the answers to 5 commonly asked composting questions on how to make compost for the garden at home ...

Quick tips on making compost for your home garden. Quick tips on making compost for your home garden. We’ll tell you what materials are good for composting and what you should not put in a compost ...

There’s a yardstick among gardeners that good, rich soil with lots of actively decaying organic matter in it should have about a dozen or more earthworms (Lumbricus terrestris) in each cubic foot. But ...

Ever felt like your compost pile just isn’t working as well as you hoped? Plenty of people dive in with good intentions, only ...

Incorporating composting into your gardening routine is a great way to reduce waste and add nutrients and organic matter to your yard. It is basically creating free fertilizer while sending much less ...

Stacks of old bricks against an outdoor plastered wall. - Fotandy/Getty Images Composting is one of the best things you can do for your garden, as well as the planet. Not only does it reduce waste, it ...

Garden beds require a few components: compost-rich soil full of nutrients with good drainage; soil that is warm enough for seeds to germinate; and moisture to keep plant roots hydrated. Gardeners will ...

Transform your garden into a conservation hotspot with indigenous plants, waterwise tips, pollinator-friendly flowers and ...

When our son was away at college, we got a phone call from him one autumn afternoon. It seems he and his roommate had been to a Halloween costume party the previous weekend. My wife asked, “What did ...

It doesn’t take a lot of time or investment to create worm bins filled with red wigglers that will break down food scraps into rich compost for the garden. There’s a yardstick among gardeners that ...