The combination of fallen leaves and grass clippings and/or spent plants from the yard also makes the perfect recipe for homemade compost. Worked into the soil, this leaf-fueled compost is the best ...

One of the biggest threats to newly planted trees in Northeast Ohio is—you guessed it—deer. Deer eat leaves, buds, and even entire branches from young saplings, and in fall, bucks may damage trunks by ...

If you’ve been thinking about recycling all of that yard waste into compost, now’s the time to get busy. You’ll have plenty of prime ingredients coming up shortly in the form of falling leaves, ...

“In Miami-Dade County, it was virtually impossible for community composters to operate,” Higgins said. “When they would try to go to the county and ask for a permit to open a business or expand a ...

The compost facility in Davenport is marking 30 years of operation, recycling yard waste and biosolids into compost, soil and mulch.

True to its name, seed starting mix is the best option for starting seeds. The mix of perlite, vermiculite, and sphagnum peat moss create a sterile, disease-free environment that provides the optimal ...

Hostas are easy to care for in summer shade gardens. When fall arrives, here's when to cut back hostas and stop watering and fertilizing them to prepare for winter.

Growing sweet potatoes indoors is best done from slips, which are the rooted sprouts that grow from mature sweet potatoes. You can get organic sweet potatoes from almost any grocery store to grow ...

David Hula, the reigning world-record corn grower, says residue management at harvest sets the stage for uniform emergence next season. The combine itself is a yield-building machine when used ...

Clean-up is an essential fall chore, but what it means – and how much you should actually do – has shifted in recent years.

If you’ve ever raked a mountain of crunchy autumn leaves into the corner of your yard, patted yourself on the back, and then come back months later only to find…well, basically the same pile of ...