Learn how to make compost and keep composting in winter, how often to turn compost, and get the ratio for green and brown ...

Find a source of fresh fall leaves that you want to collect. Carefully examine the leaves to ensure there are no signs of ...

Compost can provide your yard’s gardens and flower, tree and vegetable beds with healthy nutrients that help your plants grow. It’s also great for helping strengthen your soil in floods and droughts, ...

The problem is that composting takes much longer in cold weather, and winter gardeners can quickly end up with a backlog of ...

What can’t go on the compost heap? Turns out, plenty! We bung all kinds of organic material here, from kitchen scraps to pruned plant trimmings. And from there it breaks down and decomposes, until you ...

You remember that electric little thrill you get when you stumble onto a gardening secret so simple, so clever, so ridiculously effective that you wonder why it isn’t printed on seed packets in bold ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X The New Haven Independent "assignment desk" (compost heap) Credit: Paul Bass Photo Are we safer ...

Molasses, the indispensable ingredient in gingerbread and so many other baked goods, also has some uses around the home and garden. Not only does the sweet ingredient have a reputation for repelling ...