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 ...

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

Also known as “lazy composting,” trench composting needs no bin or turning.

Autumn gives you almost everything you need to start a compost heap for free. Fallen leaves, spent vegetable plants, grass ...

Don’t get hung up on how long it should take or how many citrus peels are too many. As one longtime composter put it, “My rule is: Don’t worry about it.” By Margaret Roach When it comes to composting, ...

Using our kitchen scraps, yard trimmings and biodegradable trash for compost is becoming more and more common these days, and that’s a great thing. We are putting a little less pressure on our ...

Autumn frosts usually means lots of cleanup around the yard and garden. Why not turn that yard waste into treasure? Composting is a naturally occurring process that breaks down organic materials into ...

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 ...

Mushroom compost can be incredibly handy in certain gardens and detrimental in others. Find out the disadvantages of using this popular fertilizer.

Peat has been a staple ingredient of composts sold in British garden centres since the 1960s, even though it’s not actually that nutritious for plants. The reason why this spongy turf is coveted by ...