“Banana peel is a great way to give flowering plants a natural boost of potassium, which supports nutrient movement within ...

Create a ring of chicken wire, about a hug’s width in diameter, and simply deposit dry leaves in the fall. The leaves will ...

Leaves are beginning to fall from deciduous trees, and this will increase over the next few weeks. The question is, “What do we do with all of those leaves?” I’ve been seeing information online ...

Compost can provide your yard’s gardens and flower, tree and vegetable beds with healthy nutrients that help your plants grow. It’s also great for helping strengthen your soil in floods and droughts, ...

Frogs, salamanders, snakes, overwintering butterflies, pollinators and many more all need fallen leaves for shelter.

But like any hobby, it can also be expensive, with specialist tools, fancy soil boosters and fertilisers lined up on garden ...

Before you toss that sagging jack-o-lantern, learn how this piece of Halloween waste can get a new life as a soil amendment ...

Many home gardeners start compost piles before winter to reduce waste and prepare for spring prep. Fall cleanup provides a steady supply of leaves, stalks and other carbon-rich materials that become ...

This simple step - putting the bindweed on chicken wire rather than directly onto a compost pile - can prevent the weed from ...