Want to learn how to make compost for your garden? Not only does compost help your plants grow stronger and healthier, but it's also the perfect way to reduce waste and do your part for the ...

Key Points Certain common household items or yard waste products can be used as valuable mulch in your garden.Shredded paper, ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. For those nurturing their green thumb, new garden terms and materials quickly become part of everyday conversation. Mulch is one of the big ...

We all love the look of a freshly mulched garden bed or tree well. Besides looking great, there are quite a few other benefits to mulch. Mulch can suppress weeds by blocking the light that some seeds ...

Now is the perfect time to start a compost pile or two if you don’t already have one. Compost – the byproduct of organic material that’s rotted into a near-perfect plant-growing medium – is one of ...

Mulch is practical -- it holds moisture and controls weeds. It is also a design element that helps give your landscape a clean, unified look. What mulch should you use on your landscape beds? My first ...

When you tidy up the garden after the winter, don’t tidy it too much. “Make sure you leave the mulch layer that covers your garden’s soil,” said Sharon Yiesla, plant knowledge specialist in the Plant ...

Walter Battle shows how to lay sheet mulch, and Cathy Faust shows how to make strawberry jam. This week on The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South, UT Extension Area Specialist Walter Battle ...

Blending kitchen scraps with water makes quick compost to feed plants. Chop up and freeze compostable kitchen waste to make large batches. Pour blender compost around plants, or into trenches, compost ...