Make spring gardening easier by prepping your raised beds before winter hits.

As the leaves start to change colors and drift down, many gardeners mistakenly think it’s time to hang up their gloves for ...

Leaves can be mulched, burned into ash, or composted to provide nutrients for plants, and cities typically offer leaf pick-up services in the fall.

The Compost Conversation is written with all of you backyard composters in mind. Every household we have knocked on the door ...

Question: We moved here from a warmer climate in April. We were here in time to plant some flowers and a vegetable garden. We ...

The public can hear from candidates running for Davenport mayor and city council seats in a forum later this month.

Food waste amounts to 92 billion pounds annually, according to the nonprofit group Feeding America. Though food doesn’t last ...

The cooler evenings are a reminder that fall is here. There will still be an occasional warmer day, but we can count on two ...

Rock Island and Moline kick off their free yard waste collection on Monday, October 13th, for the fall season. Davenport and ...

If you shop for fertilizer in Connecticut this fall, you will see some labels missing from shelves, more paperwork behind ...

In simple terms, compost is the product of controlled biological decomposition of organic material in an oxygenated (aerobic) ...

Tulips will bloom year after year if gardeners avoid a key mistake during one crucial autumn planting task, which can ...