The plants capture and store carbon in the soil, promote healthy soil by preventing compaction and can make the air cooler on ...

I this video I explain what we do when we run out of our own homemade compost. I also show our composting bay system made ...

Create a compact backyard herb garden with coriander, mint, basil and curry leaves for easy, fresh flavours close to your ...

Send events for this calendar to homes@dailyherald.com with “calendar listing” in the subject line. Deadline is two weeks prior to the event. Upcoming Garden Club of ​Lake Zurich, ...

Picture this: walking out to your backyard on a chilly January morning and still finding fresh greens waiting to be harvested. Sounds a bit far-fetched? Not if you're armed with the right strategies.

Composting. It’s kind of like recycling. We all know we should be doing it. It’s not hard, it doesn’t take much effort, but boy is it easy to forget and let good habits slide. Even as a gardener, I’m ...

The City of New Bedford is urging residents to be more mindful about waste during the holidays, offering several tips to reduce landfill contributions. Jennifer Vieira, director of the Department of ...

If you’ve tried composting at home, you know it’s not always as simple as the tips you see online. Sometimes you follow all the “right” steps and still end up with a smelly, soggy pile that seems to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Person dumping food scraps into a compost pile - Viktor Sergeevich/Shutterstock Compost is made up of decomposed organic matter ...

Compost is made up of decomposed organic matter that enriches your soil and provides food for your plants. If you're a dedicated composter, you need to be very careful about what goes into your pile, ...

Composting is an excellent way to eliminate spent leaves and help the environment. Composting also conserves moisture and improves the physical properties of the soil. Composting is the decomposition ...

As fall leaves begin to blanket Lowcountry yards, local stormwater experts are reminding residents that what happens on the ground doesn’t stay there. When heavy rain falls, anything left in the ...