Managing drier materials helps prevent your pile from getting too wet and smelly. It also makes starting your compost less of ...

Compost can provide your yard’s gardens and flower, tree and vegetable beds with healthy nutrients that help your plants grow. It’s also great for helping strengthen your soil in floods and droughts, ...

For compost to break down well, you need a mix of carbon-rich browns and nitrogen-rich greens. Fall leaves provide carbon, ...

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Many home gardeners start compost piles before winter to reduce waste and prepare for spring prep. Fall cleanup provides a steady supply of leaves, stalks and other carbon-rich materials that become ...

There are so many benefits to having your own compost pile. But unpleasant odors are a surefire way to discourage composters from continuing (and the neighbors don’t tend to love it, either!). Whether ...

As we carry on with social distancing measures and do our best to slow the spread of COVID-19, the search for activities to keep ourselves entertained continues. If you’re getting sick of baking or ...

Dr. Donna Nickerson is the owner of Da’ Shack Farmers Market Health and Wellness, Inc. in Waco, Texas. “Professionally, I’m a psychotherapist, and I also have a deep connection to Indigenous gardening ...

You're probably aware that fallen leaves make good mulch, but they can also aid the garden and the flower beds if you make ...