Pre-baking weeds and plants that you've pulled from your lawn and garden before adding them to a compost pile can help ...

Transform kitchen scraps into garden gold with Huntsville's Green Team guide. Start composting with simple steps and enrich ...

When it comes to plants, a lot of great advice has been passed down through generations, but some gardening myths have ...

Composting is an easy way to turn everyday food scraps and yard waste into something useful. Instead of tossing organic material in the trash, you can recycle it into a nutrient-rich soil ...

You can compost black walnut, laurel, and eucalyptus leaves that contain chemicals toxic to other plants. Shred them first to speed decomposition and when they are fully decomposed the compost is safe ...

Juglone is a naturally occurring chemical compound that certain trees release into the soil to protect themselves from plant competition—a process known as allelopathy.

If you have leaves accumulating on your lawn and in the garden, instead of raking them up into piles and putting them in bags to set on the curb, may we suggest composting them. Leaves are full of ...

This week I want to discuss composting leaves to make leaf mold, otherwise known as black gold. Leaves are a natural soil builder, can reduce the need for fertilizer on lawns and gardens and can ...

Why not gather these leaves to make leaf mold, a valuable compost? This week I want to discuss composting leaves to make leaf mold, otherwise known as black gold.

Use Different Leaves Wisely: Some leaves, like maple and oak, make excellent mulch; however, avoid mulching leaves from toxic or allelopathic plants (like black walnut and black cherry tree leaves ...

Shred them with your mower or leaf shredder first for quicker results. You can compost black walnut, laurel, and eucalyptus leaves that contain chemicals toxic to other plants.