If you haven’t started your composting journey, consider this your sign to begin. Turning your kitchen scraps and backyard ...

PARKERSBURG – In an effort to cut down on materials going to landfills and to reduce chemicals in growing food, many people have turned to an age-old method of fertilizing their gardens by composting.

In a 1960s-era edition of Rodale’s “Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening,” the lengthy entry for compost reads like an ode to organic soil amendments: “Here in a dark and mouldy pile the wheel of life is ...

Key Points Before adding a Christmas tree to the compost pile, break it up into small pieces.There are many ways to break it ...

DEAR GARDEN COACH: About a year ago I removed my lawn. I now have a very low maintenance yard that conserves water, but in the process I have less green material to add to my compost pile. Can you ...

Most gardeners in southern Ohio struggle with hard clay soil, making it difficult to grow nice vegetables. Conventional fertilizers like 10-10-10 make the problem worse, doing nothing to build healthy ...

Grow Compost produces about 2,000 cubic yards of compost per year at its Moretown farm and plans to open a new compost site in North Hartland, which will produce an additional 3,000 cubic yards of ...