It wasn’t too many years ago that in October and November, we could smell the smoke from burning leaves almost every day. Gardeners who knew about the potential benefits of those leaves were ...

In this video, I show you how I turned a beach towel, T-shirts and clothing into garden soil through composting into a humus ...

Clean-up is an essential fall chore, but what it means — and how much you should actually do — has shifted in recent years.

There is something mystical about gardening, an activity whose highest expression depends on turning death into life. If you really want to be good to your plants, if you want them to grow in ...

Gardeners love loam soil because it's moist, soft and full of nutrients. Here's how to get more of it in your garden beds.

For many of us, fall is the time when we think about what kind of bulbs we will plant in our garden for next spring. Gardners are optimists, and even when we face the slowing of growth and the descent ...

Let’s pay homage to humus. As the garden gets into full swing, it’s a good time for such tribute, because enthusiasm can be parlayed into action. No one can say exactly what humus (not to be confused ...

TORONTO, S.D. — A custom feedlot near the South Dakota-Minnesota border is fast becoming an innovator in turning bedded pack manure into a value-added soil additive — “humus compost.” Owners Chad and ...

For the gardener, those deciduous leaves that are starting to fall now are a powerful soil amendment that can be had for free ...

When it comes to giving your plants their best chance to thrive, there are a lot of ways to both improve soil quality and ...