We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. When we think about compost bins, our imagination usually stops at kitchen scraps, pulled-out weeds, and coffee grounds. While they indeed ...

Why the sarcastic quotes around composting? Well, our waste isn’t becoming the black gold that helps gardens and treebeds thrive. In fact, if you look at the city’s signage around the program, the ...

As the colder seasons begin to creep in, gardeners can breathe a sigh of relief that their busiest seasons have somewhat slowed down. However, there are still some end-of-summer garden tasks that ...

Be ready to move half-hardy and tender plants such as pelargoniums, some salvias and fuchsias in October. They need to be cut back to around half their height and moved indoors, either into a ...

Charcoal is a common soil amendment, but different types provide different benefits, from improved drainage to decreasing the amount of bacteria in the soil.

'They tend to be rich in nitrogen and provide the 'green' boost your compost needs to balance against the abundance of dry fall compost additions (like leaves, sticks, and any other plants that have ...

Here are some fun, creative ways to reuse scraps before they head to the compost bin: make new foods, improve your potting soil and create ingredients for other dishes.

Your kitchen trash can should be sturdy, easy to clean and protect you from smells. After testing six kitchen trash cans, I found one clear winner.

Tom and Laurissa Truelove admit they have sustainability in their hearts, and the couple are now starting to put their beliefs into practice after their new restaurant opened just over a month ago.

Plagued by voles? Our Sask. gardening experts say cheap wooden snap traps baited with peanut butter with a raisin on top work well. Put them in a box with vole-sized holes so birds don't get trapped.

There is a wide range of services and facilities to recycle domestic waste. As well as reducing the volume of waste going to landfill sites, recycling and composting your domestic waste helps to ...

India is among the top countries in the world that generate the highest amount of food waste. However, small changes at home and in businesses can collectively save billions of tons of food each year.