As spring gardens sprout, we're digging into the basics of composting, and how to get started no matter where you are.

Learn how to improve your garden soil for new plants, whether you have clay or sandy soil, are using raised beds or other long-term methods.

Making furniture from wood pallets is trending nowadays and very cheap. Pallets have been around for decades as mechanisms ...

George Adams of the North Carolina Zoo teaches us about composting. Have you ever wondered how gardeners get the best soil for their plants? George Adams, a horticulture expert at the North Carolina ...

Ever felt like your compost pile just isn’t working as well as you hoped? Plenty of people dive in with good intentions, only to run into problems that slow things down or create unexpected headaches.

The loyal reader knows that compost is my go-to for almost everything. I use it for mulch and to put the soil food web back into soils. I am a compost nerd. The question: What to do in the winter when ...

Long Beach Community Compost, a primarily volunteer-run organization with a mission to transform waste into soil, is hoping to raise some money to support its community work and programming. Since it ...

“When people see the composting process up close—when they hold the finished product in their hands—they’re far more likely to separate their food scraps at home.” A May 2024 rally outside City Hall ...

Cynthia Barnes has been covering travel, lifestyle, and food and drink for 20 years. Her work has appeared in the Boston Globe, the Toronto Star, the Discoverer, National Geographic and AAA, among ...

There’s a yardstick among gardeners that good, rich soil with lots of actively decaying organic matter in it should have about a dozen or more earthworms (Lumbricus terrestris) in each cubic foot. But ...

Columbia residents can learn how to turn food scraps into “black gold” in a series of composting workshops this spring and summer. “You don’t need anything fancy to start,” said Debbie Lacy-Anderson, ...