A vegetable garden includes edible plants, so it's very important to choose anything to feed it and the soil. For example, organic composts that include non-toxic ingredients are safe to humans when ...

All plants in your yard need soil with a proper amount of essential nutrients, vitamins, and other all-around good stuff to thrive and grow beautifully, so purchasing the wrong additives can do your ...

These sessions focused on managing and processing straw for straw mushroom production and compost production ... If this straw were to be collected and processed into compost, then returned to the ...

I recently decided to switch to raised bed gardening. Of course, that meant choosing whether to make or buy them, which is ...

and stimulate soil micro-organisms that help nutrients in the soil.' Good sources of organic matter include garden compost, manure, leaf mold, and old mushroom compost. You can also buy processed ...

Restaurants hoping to make a positive impact on the climate face an enduring challenge: selling their ambitious goals to ...

A: Hot Wings and Amur maples turn nice orange-red in the fall. Not brilliant red like Autumn Blaze, which doesn’t really work ...

This week we welcome guests Sue Gasper and Gemini Bhalsod with Illinois Extension to chat about composting and how we can use this process to divert food waste from the landfill, where it often ...

When your pumpkin does start to mold and collapse, don’t throw it in a landfill. Put it out for your neighborhood deer or ...