But what if human remains could be as nonthreatening as a nice bag of garden soil or a peaceful woodland hike? It might not ...

Every fall, yards across the country transform into seas of crunchy, colorful chaos. Homeowners grab rakes, sigh deeply, and ...

Growing vegetables in raised beds offers many benefits. Raised beds give your garden a sense of scale and structure, limit ...

Banana peels are an excellent source of potassium, an essential nutrient for plant health. Simply chop banana peels into ...

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 ...

Gardeners are being urged to put washing up sponges in their garden this year - for a very useful reason. It might sound mad, ...

Healthy soil is the heart of thriving gardens and homesteads. Knowing the complex makeup of soil and how to care for it, can ...

Learn what seed starting mix is, how it differs from potting soil, and how the right blend can dramatically boost your seedlings’ success.

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

Henry Homeyer says it is important to clean up the vegetable garden now in order to avoid overwintering diseases.

In the past 30 years, Davenport has turned 3 million cubic yards of treated sewage sludge and yard waste into useable compost ...