A question for Dan Gill: I bag my grass clippings when mowing, and I've been piling them up all summer. The pile heats up, and the clippings decompose quickly. Does this make good vegetable compost ...

If you’re looking to reduce waste and create nutrient-rich soil for your garden, composting at home is a simple and effective way to do it. Composting is the natural process of breaking down organic ...

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

Garden cleanup, lawn mowing and falling leaves all provide materials that make autumn a good time of year for composting. No need for exotic ingredients, fancy equipment or a degree in soil ...

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Composting isn’t complicated. There are shelves of books, articles galore in every garden magazine out there and a million or so websites to tell you how. But taking the subject down to its basic core ...

With spring finally here and April showers turning everything a wonderful lush green, my lawn has grown phenomenally. I live on just under 1/3 acre and there is a lot of lawn to mow and each weekend I ...

The longer I garden the more I realise that making good compost is the one true secret of horticultural success. If you make wonderful compost every time, all the time, then congratulations – you do ...

Composting is a brilliant way to recycle household waste and turn it into something nutritious for your yard without spending a dime. But as good as this sounds, there are many things that you should ...

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