If you’re looking to reduce waste and create nutrient-rich soil for your garden, composting at home is a simple and effective way to do it. Composting is the natural process of breaking down organic ...

Frequent mowing keeps clippings small, which prevents lawn smothering and speeds up decomposition for easier reuse. Use clippings in compost or mulch to enrich soil without risking weed spread.

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

Composting is a natural process that allows microbes to convert yard waste and kitchen scraps to a useful organic soil amendment or mulch. Gardeners have abundant materials that can be used for ...

Many communities have ways to put your yard waste to good use by taking it to a community-wide composting program. But, composting doesn't have to be on a scale that large. You can compost at home ...

All those leaves you're raking and dead plants being pulled out of beds can be put to good use by recycling them back into the landscape as mulch or compost. Returning these organic materials to the ...

Every gardener wants the best soil for their garden. How do you know if your soil is "good"? What do you add to make it good? When you go to a plant nursery or the gardening section of a big box store ...

Halloween pumpkins have begun rotting and many people will have food scraps from Thanksgiving, but these don’t have to be thrown away. Composting can give food and organic waste a new life and reduce ...