Here’s when you should apply compost for healthier plants.

Turn your leaves into rich garden amendment for your plants. If you have leaves accumulating on your lawn and in the garden, instead of raking them up into piles and putting them in bags to set on the ...

PITTSBURGH—If you have a vegetable garden, you might have tried composting. But if you’re like me, you may have ended up with a slimy mess—or maybe a pile that just sat there and didn’t decompose.

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

Fall is an ideal time to remove invasive and perennial weeds from your garden. Adding a layer of compost to your garden soil in the fall will enrich it for spring. Applying mulch in autumn helps ...

Every fall, as vibrant leaves blanket the ground, homeowners start their annual raking routine. This year, instead of throwing your leaves away, consider adding them to your compost pile. While it may ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Most gardeners routinely add compost to flower borders and vegetable gardens in spring and fall. But don't overlook August. It is ...

The gardening season is also the composting season. Making your own compost — the dark brown, crumbly remains of decayed plants — is a great way to improve your soil, make use of garden waste and ...

Your compost pile is almost certainly too cold to kill anything, which means the blighted tomato vines you drag over to it ...