The reel shows the gardener digging a hole large enough for the pasta strainer to fit comfortably in the soil. She then fills ...

Feed your soil, not just your plants.

Tampa (BLOOM) – Are you looking for an easy way to make your garden more sustainable? Look no further than composting! Composting is a simple and eco-friendly way to turn your food scraps and yard ...

With spring arriving, gardeners are preparing soils for this year’s planting, and many love to apply compost, which can supply nutrients, feed microbial activity, help retain soil moisture and improve ...

Credit: lenakorzh / There are many household items you can use to improve your plants and outdoor spaces, like Epsom salt to ...

Now is the perfect time to start a compost pile or two if you don’t already have one. Compost – the byproduct of organic material that’s rotted into a near-perfect plant-growing medium – is one of ...

Don’t toss those imperfect lettuce leaves, onion tops and strawberry tops into the trash. Instead, convert them into compost right in the garden. Worm and pile composting are great ways to manage ...

When gardening, many beginners find themselves confused about choosing the proper soil for their purposes. Compost, potting soil, and topsoil are similar when you look at them, but each of them serves ...

Don’t get hung up on how long it should take or how many citrus peels are too many. As one longtime composter put it, “My rule is: Don’t worry about it.” By Margaret Roach When it comes to composting, ...

A hand digs in soil with a green trowel - Piyaset/Getty Images Sure, all soil might look pretty similar, but if you've watched plants falter or fail once you make them at home in your garden, you've ...

If you want to grow great garden tomatoes, then you need to make soil selection a major priority. Here's what these plants ...