Before you toss out those leftover fireplace scraps, discover why gardeners are saving them and which plants benefit most ...

Q: I’ve heard that adding carbon to the soil by mixing in charcoal is good for plants. Is this correct? - Jessica from Monroe A: Great question, Jessica. And as I’ve just recently cleaned out my ...

You might think you know what to put on your compost heap and what to leave out, but there are several unusual compost ingredients that most of us probably don’t think about adding. It means you could ...

Q: Thanks for your recent column about composters you can buy. I built my own last year out of untreated wood pallets; it’s partially open-air and it’s about a 4-foot cube in a fairly sunny location.

Gardeners often assume outdoor compost piles stop working in cold weather, but beneficial microbes can continue to break down compost all winter. The problem is that composting takes much longer in ...