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 ...

Leaves are abundant (hello, fall!), free, rich in carbon and quick to break down. Why not add them to your compost pile? Composting leaves is a smart, sustainable way to build healthy soil. Read on to ...

The arrival of fall means your yard is suddenly full of leaves. Instead of bagging them up, you can put those leaves to work in your garden. Composting fall leaves is a practical way to tidy up your ...

YOU CAN RAKE autumn’s leaves into a heap for pickup, or you can run the lawn mower over them and turn them into mulch. But even better, you can use them (preferably shredded) to efficiently create ...

When autumn leaves fall from the trees, welcome them as though you’d found a treasure chest. “There are so many ways to use leaves in the garden,” said Spencer Campbell, Plant Clinic manager at The ...

Composting puts Mother Nature on a fast track by quickening the natural process of decomposition. Microscopic organisms break down yard and kitchen waste, and manure, into a rich organic fertilizer ...

The leaves are really falling now. I dread getting out there and bagging them all. I failed to save grass clippings for composting, as you suggested Sept. 3. Is it possible to compost just plain ...

As we reach the end of leaf peeping season here in the Northeast, yards filled with piles crunchy leaves and the roar of leaf blowers are familiar sights and sounds of autumn. It's common practice to ...