Is it OK to use fresh wood chips in my perennial flower beds? In general, fresh wood chips are fine to use on the surface of a perennial bed, as a top dressing. It is not good to mix fresh chips into ...

In this file photo from March 23, 2012, trucks line up for the city's compost sale at the city’s compost facility, 1420 E. 11th St. Lawrence residents can have city staff fill their trucks or trailers ...

At The Foodbank Inc. in downtown Dayton, a dark pile of processed waste and wood chips sits beneath a conveyor belt. This is ...

A cold snap hits, the garden beds go quiet, and most people assume the soil is ready for hibernation. But winter is actually the perfect time to supercharge your soil so it wakes up in spring richer, ...

Toilet paper tubes can add some extra heft to your backyard compost heap, but there is one bathroom staple that offers even ...

Compost is almost a jack-of-all-trades, as it fertilizes and improves the soil. But if these effects are absent, the problems are often self-inflicted. myHOMEBOOK reveals how to avoid mistakes when ...