Don’t toss those imperfect lettuce leaves, onion tops and strawberry tops into the trash. Instead, convert them into compost right in the garden. Worm and pile composting are great ways to manage ...

Food scraps make up 25 billion pounds of trash per year in this country—captured energy that could go back into greening the planet. A wilted broccoli stalk, a grapefruit peel, a carrot top. That’s ...

Don’t toss those imperfect lettuce leaves, onion tops and strawberry tops into the trash. Instead, convert them into compost right in the garden. Worm and pile composting are great ways to manage ...

Don't toss those imperfect lettuce leaves, onion tops and strawberry tops into the trash. Instead, convert them to compost right in the garden. Worm and pile composting are great ways to manage these ...

Convert kitchen scraps into compost right in the garden with trench composting. Just like other composting methods, use only plant-based materials since meat, dairy and fat can attract animals. And ...

I recall a friend of mine getting upset whenever someone referred to their garden soil as “dirt”. Dirt, he claimed, is what we sweep under the rug. Soil, on the other hand, is the substance in which ...

Composting is a simple and effective way to recycle organic waste and transform it into nutrient-rich compost that can be used to improve soil health and promote plant growth. Whether you have a large ...

What do you want your tomato plant to achieve? Bigger, juicier fruit? Stronger, healthier growth? If you’re nodding yes to both, then you might find this trick by MIgardener very helpful. He talks ...

Feed the soil, and the soil feeds you — that’s the idea behind composting, says urban farmer Jacob Zeairs. At his Arabi homestead, Breathing Waters Farm and Art Collective, a few peppers and eggplants ...

My wife has been saving coffee grounds, crushed eggshells and orange peels to add to her vegetable garden soil. But lately she has also been saving raw garbage such as spoiled whole vegetables and ...