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When considering how to use coffee grounds in the garden, keep in mind that they don’t acidify soil, contrary to popu...

Over the past few years, seed companies and nurseries nationwide have experienced huge spikes in sales due, in large ...

Weeds are tricky plants, aren’t they? Even when you pull them out of your lawn or garden beds by the root, they seem ...

Recycling aluminum and plastics is standard practice for many households, but food scrap bins on the kitchen counter ...

It happens to all of us: In no time flat, winter has slipped away and it’s suddenly time to get spring vegetables and...

A Michigan State University article notes that “moderate-intensity level activity” such as gardening practiced for 2½...

Q: Can you compost bread? It’s a reasonable question to ask and comes with a complicated answer. Is bread compostable...

The Bamboozle Food Composter is an indoor compost bin that doesn’t create compost per se, but holds kitchen scraps un...

For serious indoor composting, the SCD Probiotics Bokashi Bin is a 5-gallon indoor composting container made of recyc...

It’s easy to get your garden growing and help it thrive with some quick-turn composting tricks any level composter can do at home.

Composting puts your yard and kitchen waste to work creating nutrient-rich soil for your garden. It’s a true win-win,...

Compost: It's what eventually becomes of all decomposing organic material. Essentially, it's dirt—but it's not just a...

This post has been brought to you by Dickies. Its facts and opinions are those of BobVila. com. A compost bin is a g...

Anyone with a garden knows that fertilizer and enriched soil can be expensive. But did you know there is a source of ...

Composting’s a great idea: it helps your garden thrive and keeps valuable organic waste out of landfills. But once yo...

Autumn leaves are a gift to your garden that literally just falls out of the trees. Instead of getting rid of them al...

All those piles of raked leaves and mown grass don’t do much good in your local landfill. If you garden, you can cut ...

The best gardeners know the simple truth about compost: It’s better than fertilizer when it comes to providing a nutr...

I get alot of questions from folks who want to improve their garden soil with compost, but aren’t sure which kind of ...

No fertilizer can do your garden as much good as compost can. It’s impossible to overfertilize with it. Even in colde...

Successful Composting: Balance Is Key Successful composting requires four things: carbon, nitrogen, water and oxygen....

Choose the Right Kind of MulchThere are lots of different kinds of mulch to choose from, depending on what’s in your ...

Laying mulch before the winter gives your soil a head start for the next growing season. It also protects delicate pl...