In this video, I show you how to compost shredded paper to make rich, fertile, plant food and soil improver. Why waste paper or place it in the recycle bin when you can turn it into beautiful compost ...

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 ...

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, ...

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But what if human remains could be as nonthreatening as a nice bag of garden soil or a peaceful woodland hike? It might not make for the creepiest Halloween lawn display, but green burials, and ...

In the past 30 years, Davenport has turned 3 million cubic yards of treated sewage sludge and yard waste into useable compost, keeping it out of the landfill and available to help people's lawns and ...

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 ...

As fall sets in, John Skinner with the Missouri Department of Conservation joined Tiffany this morning to share how leaf litter can actually benefit your yard. While this year’s fall colors may be ...

Gardening is a rewarding hobby that allows you to connect with nature, and sowing seeds is one of the most essential parts of it ...

Move the vulnerable plants to slightly more shaded areas and replace them with plants known to shrug off drought without watering. Echinops, eryngium, hylotelephium (Sedum), lavender, nepeta and ...

Want to give your garden a head start without a ton of extra work? Try these expert fall gardening tips for a spring full of blooms.