ARCADIA — Davidson County farmer Charity Smith is proving you can do a lot of agricultural enterprises on a small amount of land, and do it well. Tucked inside Smith’s home garage in her northern ...

You may be surprised to learn that rabbit poop is actually useful for something once it’s already vacated the rabbit. So, if you’ve got one around, listen up. Gardening mavens extoll the virtues of ...

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

Q: The rabbits in our neighborhood are especially numerous this winter! The layer of rabbit droppings on the yard and garden is quite thick in places. Are these droppings harmful to us or to the lawn ...

• Rabbit manure, often called "bunny berries" is one of the few types of manure that won't burn plants when used fresh. However don't be tempted to use them in their raw condition; like all animal ...

Manure has been used as fertilizer since the dawn of time, but not all manure is the same. If you’re a pet owner, you might just have an untapped gardening resource on your hands — it all depends on ...

One of the goals on our urban farm, the Bossy Hen Homestead, is to create a cycle of sustainability. This is certainly not to say that with a property as small as ours that we do not have to ...

While at a meeting at the Ashland Public Library a few years ago I had a question from one of my readers and they asked me if they should use old farm yard soil in their vegetable garden. A few years ...