SLUGS send shivers down the spine of every plant lover. Our wet and mild winter means we can expect more — and March is when they start coming out to feed. So how can you prepare? Here are my ...

Now is a good time to take a soil test to see if any lime is needed to adjust soil pH or correct fertility imbalances in the ...

Owner of Smith’s Gardentown, Michael Fiore, said it starts with prepping your soil. He emphasized that plants will do much better when the soil is prepared, and recommends adding compost, tilling it ...

Enhanced monitoring of the surviving animals is crucial after a wildfire, Biggs explains. In addition to nutrition, hydration ...

Rather than a raised bed with a bottom, Kylie is using a layer of cardboard directly over the dirt as a base for the garden ...

Composting is one of those processes you've probably heard of, without being quite sure what it is. At a basic level, composting is the recycling of organic waste, such as food scraps and leaves, to ...

Two summers ago, a newspaper article inspired Roxann Specht to write a detailed note containing her end-of-life requests. After sharing it with her husband, Gerald, he was similarly inspired but much ...

While composting food and scraps is one approach to enhancing your garden, there is another, more versatile technique that creates a concentrated fertilizer.

Composting has long been recognized as one of the simplest, most impactful ways to help the climate. But just how effective is it? A new study completed for Napa Recycling and Waste Services (NRWS) ...

Everyone can compost. Not everyone can have a garden, but everyone can compost. Why would you compost if you don’t have a garden? Before we answer that, let’s dive in to some composting basics. In its ...