Turn fallen leaves and garden clippings into nutrient-rich compost with these expert tips for building a pile that lasts ...

Joseph Seago tells how to care for cool-season lawns, and Tonya Ashworth builds a compost pile. This week on The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South, UT Extension Agent Joseph Seago discusses how ...

Fall is a perfect time to consider composting. As our days get cooler and shorter, deciduous trees like oaks, maples, and sweetgums will begin to shed their leaves. The swamp chestnut oak in my front ...

Composting in summer comes with many challenges, including the struggle to keep it active in extreme heat. When a compost pile dries out, microbial activity halts and decomposition slows right down.

The EPA recommends approximately two to three parts carbon-rich brown materials for every one part nitrogen-rich green materials in a home compost pile. Mixing shredded fall leaves with kitchen scraps ...

Composting is one of the most satisfying ways to turn kitchen scraps and yard waste into rich, fertile soil. But even the most careful composters can face a sneaky problem: hidden diseases lurking in ...

If you haven’t touched your compost bin or pile all winter, don’t worry, you are not alone. It could be filled with kitchen scraps to the top or left untouched since the fall. Getting a compost pile ...