Our team of gardening experts share their top tips to make your old compost and soil go further and it's perfect for ...

Q: I’m adding compost to some areas in my yard for fall planting. I have compacted clay soil that I’m attempting to rehabilitate. Before adding the compost, should I spray actively aerated compost tea ...

With a keen interest in making more eco-choices in the yard, I'm always excited to learn of new organic fertilizers I can feed my plants to boost their growth. That combined with a love for composting ...

All those leaves you're raking and dead plants being pulled out of beds can be put to good use by recycling them back into the landscape as mulch or compost. Returning these organic materials to the ...

As a young boy, I had to contend with my grandfather’s compost heap. It was a veritable Vesuvius of foul-smelling, putrescible plant waste, a metre high and hidden behind a privet hedge. We had placed ...

Every gardener wants the best soil for their garden. How do you know if your soil is "good"? What do you add to make it good? When you go to a plant nursery or the gardening section of a big box store ...

Plants placed on the balcony depend heavily on the quality of the soil inside the pots. Therefore, selecting the right soil ...

Fresh mustard greens are ready to be harvested at the Childcare Network in Raleigh in 2016. Juli Leonard jleonard@newsobserver.com We’re in the thick of the summer season, y’all. Plants (like us) are ...

A recent question from a local homeowner led to a discussion of the soil at his home in central Bryan. I soon found myself explaining the benefits of compost and ways to incorporate it into his lawn.