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

To help your perennials survive the winter, our pro gardener explains which of these you should mulch after the first hard ...

Before winter closes in, do one last thing for all the trees, shrubs and other plants in your garden: Make sure they have a ...

We all love the look of a freshly mulched garden bed or tree well. Besides looking great, there are quite a few other benefits to mulch. Mulch can suppress weeds by blocking the light that some seeds ...

Gardeners love a good hack, and few things feel as satisfying as discovering that something sitting in your recycling bin ...

There's nothing mysterious about making compost. It's just a mixture of stuff we usually toss — banana peels, coffee grounds, eggshells, shredded newspaper, fallen leaves, grass clippings ... and that ...

Fallen leaves make a fine mulch for garden beds and trees and shrubs, but they aren’t the only possibility. “Any kind of organic matter can make a good mulch,” said Sharon Yiesla, plant knowledge ...

The best way to deal with compost in the winter is to maintain a worm bin. The worms do the composting for you as they digest ...

The trees have begun their annual ritual of showering us with leaves of orange, yellow, crimson and brown. For many, this means hours raking and bagging leaves to be carted off or burned in ...