If you’re ready to turn over a new leaf in your garden, Loop Frome has just the thing to help you grow. Loop Frome are ...

With cold winter nights approaching, most gardening jobs will be put away until next spring. Here are five jobs to do now and through winter to ensure your outside space looks its best next year, ...

Send events for this calendar to homes@dailyherald.com with “calendar listing” in the subject line. Deadline is two weeks prior to the event. Oct. 6 Fall Festival & Bulb Sale: ...

Knowing what is safe to throw in your compost bin can be confusing, but an expert has shared which foods to add and which ones not to. Angela Slater, gardening expert at Hayes Garden World ...

No, it's not the name of a new quiz show featuring our columnist as host (although that *would* be a hit, surely) but instead it's Alan Titchmarsh on the increasingly tricky issue of getting the right ...

Not only does it help you reduce waste, but it also transforms all those veggie peels and coffee grounds into nutrient-rich compost for your garden—win-win, right? Plus, modern kitchen compost ...

If you have a big garden or soil to improve before installing a lawn, cover crops are an alternative to hauling lots of ...

Putting compostable items in the compost bin instead of the trash can is one of the easiest and most effective first steps you can take to reduce greenhouse gas emissions—specifically methane, which ...

Gardeners are being told they should put teabags in their garden this September - but only if they rip them open first. Composting is a hugely beneficial thing to do for your garden all year round ...

There are, says Charles Dowding, several myths about garden composting that need debunking. “A lot of people are under the impression that you can’t put weeds on a compost heap full stop.

Garden soil is made of natural topsoil or sand blended with relatively inexpensive, bulky organic material. Ingredients like composted bark from mill operations, used mushroom compost, and ...

Tough prunings and garden waste will rot down quicker in the compost heap if you shred it first. The best garden shredder can churn through garden waste quietly and quickly without getting blocked up.