SAN ANTONIO – The soil you use in your garden is important because it adds nutrients to your plants. You can save money and help out the environment at the same time by making your own compost soil.

There are two basic ways to compost outdoors, a static bin (like the one my colleague David Priest made himself) or a compost tumbler. There are infinite ways to make a static bin (plop down a bucket ...

Just because composting at home is easy doesn’t mean that everyone does it. Yes, organic compost is expensive at the garden center and free when you make it yourself, but if you don’t figure out a ...

Did you know the microbes in your compost pile is still active in the dead of winter? They will be if you take certain steps ...

Composting is the ultimate win-win-win for gardeners. It is recycling at its most basic, turning yard and kitchen waste into rich, organic planting material. It saves money on fertilizer and ...

This spring, I planted six kale plants in a row down the middle of a raised vegetable bed. In a few weeks, three plants on one side were almost twice as big as the others. Growing conditions were the ...

Gardeners, did you know that compost is the most valuable substance on the planet? Not only does it provide fertility to gardens and orchards, it recycles waste materials from homes and communities.

Composting is a natural way to manage organic waste and create a rich, nutrient-packed fertilizer for your garden. The benefits of composting are tremendous. Recycling organic materials into compost ...