Make Compost Tea For Your Garden Soil (Excerpt)
March 10, 2023Give your soil a boost with some homemade compost tea. In this book excerpt, author Chris McLaughlin tells you how to “brew” your own.
Video: Use Manure Compost To Improve Garden Soil
August 3, 2022If you get some livestock manure compost from a neighbor or your own animals, the broken-down material can be a big boost to garden soil efficiency and overall structure.
Video: Cold, Stinky Compost Pile Gets A Makeover
June 30, 2022Something went really wrong inside this plastic compost bin, which was too cold and stinky, but we set things right with a simple makeover.
UF Hack: Speed Up Composting With A Mow-Over
January 18, 2016Grinding up your compostables into smaller pieces aids in the decomposition process, meaning you’ll have black gold in no time.
6 Problems With City Composting—And What You Can Do About It
January 18, 2016From space constraints to to foul odors, composting in the city isn’t easy, so take matters into your own hands.
Simplify Your Compost in 5 Easy Steps
January 18, 2016Go forth and make compost. And with these tips, make it with little effort at all.
9 Tips for Growing Container Trees
January 18, 2016A small yard doesn’t mean you can’t start tree farming. An expert shares some tips for successfully growing plants of any size in containers—even indoors.
5 Tips for Summer Watering
January 18, 2016Courtesy iStockphoto/Thinkstock For more effective watering, put the watering can aside and use a drip irrigation system to hydrate your garden crops. To make the job even easier, hook the sytem up to an automatic timer. When the summer sun is sizzling, don’t feel like you have to make the decision of running up a high water bill […]
4 New Uses For Old Potting Soil
November 5, 2015It can seem like a waste to throw out spent potting soil from your container plantings at the end of the growing season. Here are some ways to put it to good use.
