Nitrogen is a critical element for the plants growing in your garden. They need nitrogen to help them with photosynthesis, the process by which plants get energy from the sun. They also need nitrogen ...

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 ...

Five things to do in the garden this week: 1. Build a compost pile as you would craft a lasagna. Construct the pile by alternating 2-inch layers of brown (dead leaves, wood chips, straw) and green ...

Many gardeners add compost to their landscape or vegetable beds as fertilizer. Compost is organic matter that contains the macro nutrients needed by the plant. Inorganic fertilizers provide plants ...

Are you surrounded by a yard full of leaves every fall? Whether they are yours or the ones that your neighbor’s tree has graciously donated to you, recycling leaves at home can be to your advantage.

Compost is decomposed organic material that can be added to your garden as a soil amendment. While many materials, like deadheaded flowers or wine corks, can be composted, seafood scraps add extra ...

Brown compost materials are the carbon-rich backbone that lets your pile heat up, break down efficiently, and ultimately supercharge your soil. By pairing these browns with nitrogen-heavy greens at ...

Some gardeners have asked if composting garden, yard and food waste is sustainable or beneficial to the environment since the composting process generates lots of carbon dioxide, the principal ...

Waste products like coffee grounds and eggshells are widely used to improve soil health, but there are some more ...

Some gardeners take a hands-off approach to leaves in the fall. But leaves allowed to remain on lawns can pack down to form a tight mat that prevents sunlight from reaching the grass, said University ...