Learn how to make compost and keep composting in winter, how often to turn compost, and get the ratio for green and brown ...

Person adding soil backfill to a pine tree sapling - Anastasiia Krivenok/Getty Images When it's time to prep your yard's soil for planting a tree, grabbing some compost may seem like an obvious step.

Now that you have started your garden and waiting for the fruits of your labor, here are more tips to prepare for your next planting. Finished compost is a free and natural fertilizer, ready to help ...

The relationship between amending the soil at planting time, the choice of using woodchips as a surface mulch or applying crushed rock influences the types of plants found in your landscape. Of course ...

Compost has been dubbed "garden gold." But it is important to do your composting correctly. While it is generally okay to take a laid-back approach to composting, there are a few caveats to keep in ...

Instead of tossing banana peels, use the scraps as an eco-friendly gardening trick; they're truly underused nutrient ...

Five things to do in the garden this week: 1. Build a compost pile as you would craft a lasagna. Construct the pile by alternating 2-inch layers of brown (dead leaves, wood chips, straw) and green ...

For those new to composting, figuring out what goes in and what to leave out can be daunting. And if you’re composting, chances are you’re also doing other things in your yard, like gardening or ...

Fresh mustard greens are ready to be harvested at the Childcare Network in Raleigh in 2016. Juli Leonard [email protected] We’re in the thick of the summer season, y’all. Plants (like us) are ...

My recent article on aphids caught the attention of Rosemary Small. She shared that despite the prime conditions for aphids, she had none in her lower South Hill garden. Zero. Nada. I have known ...