While compost is commonly used in vegetable, flower, and herb gardens, home gardeners often overlook the many benefits that compost brings to lawns. Using compost for lawns is an excellent way to both ...

Learn how to start composting food waste at home with this simple beginner’s guide. Turn kitchen scraps into nutrient-rich ...

Mike McGrath explains how to make homemade mustard, what you can do for your storm-damaged trees, how to grow strawberries from seed, what stink horn fungus is, how to plant new bushes, and why grass ...

Grass clippings are a valuable addition to a compost heap when added in shallow layers between or mixed into other materials being composted. (Credit: Dusan Kostic) Q. My compost consists almost ...

A question for Dan Gill: I bag my grass clippings when mowing, and I've been piling them up all summer. The pile heats up, and the clippings decompose quickly. Does this make good vegetable compost ...

As the weather warms up, Bend’s backyards are bursting at the seams with greenery. That also means yard debris barrels are getting filled with all manner of grass clippings and trimmed hedges. Come ...

Are there any lawn grasses that require less mowing and fertilizing? I would like to grow other groundcovers, but I have children and pets and need something that will tolerate wear and tear. -- Jerry ...