SAN ANTONIO – The soil you use in your garden is important because it adds nutrients to your plants. You can save money and help out the environment at the same time by making your own compost soil.

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Stacks of old bricks against an outdoor plastered wall. - Fotandy/Getty Images Composting is one of the best things you can do for your garden, as well as the planet. Not only does it reduce waste, it ...

To help you avoid the worst composting mistakes, we spoke to experts in gardening and horticulture to learn about some of the ...

Compost is the ultimate ingredient for building fertile soil. If everyone composted their kitchen and garden waste, the world would be a cleaner place, and we would all enjoy more productive organic ...

This spring, I planted six kale plants in a row down the middle of a raised vegetable bed. In a few weeks, three plants on one side were almost twice as big as the others. Growing conditions were the ...