Q. Fall is finally upon us, and thankfully so. As I spend more time outdoors, enjoying the almost perfect weather, I have noticed that the leaves are beginning to fall. How can I put these leaves to ...

When was the last time you talked about toilets — really talked about them? We all use them every day, but it doesn’t exactly make for good dinner conversation. We don’t like to think about what ...

It’s a pretty simple equation: you’ll need browns, greens, water, oxygen and patience. The result is gold. Actually, the result is compost, but if you have a garden, you know compost is its own form ...

Compost: in many ways, it's totally magical. You dump food waste, lawn clippings, paper, and other things into your compost pile, care for it, and it generates rich, dark, nutrient-laden soil that ...

Learn backyard composting basics, from materials and maintenance to monitoring worms, and choose from workshop packages that ...

One of the best things we can do to improve our poor soil is to add compost material to any landscape or garden area. Oxygen and water are critical elements in the composting process. To speed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Excess strawberry parts are put in a compost bin at the “Strawberry Short Cakes at the Blacktop” at the St. Margaret House in ...