Establishing a compost area benefits both gardeners and wildlife. Here's how to create a purposeful, nutrient-rich garden ...
Composting is a great way to make use of kitchen waste like eggshells and coffee grounds, along with yard waste like grass clippings and leaves. In fact, a compost bin or compost pile will help you ...
One person's trash is another's lifelong lesson on how to live sustainably -- as exemplified by students who have mastered ...
Dowding’s fruiting crops, roots and leaves that will be cooked, as well as his ornamental plants, are all mulched with the product from his composting toilet. The most important thing, he says, is to ...
the compost piles have been transformed from lowly kitchen waste into nutrient-packed soil. We then use this top quality soil amendment to grow our own veggies! If you would like to donate your own ...
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, ...
The answer is to ensure home-grown compost constitutes as high a proportion as possible of what you use. Even if you can make a third of your own and mix it with a very average product ...
October is a great time to plant shrubs because the soil is still relatively warm from the summer. As well as the fruiting ...
With the cost of living crisis hitting us all, it's worth knowing that there are ways to save money on gardening without ...
After the flood this summer, the Muscatine Transfer Station helped provide mulch for trees at the riverside, but their supply ...
Irish households threw away 220,000 tonnes of food waste in 2022, costing an average household €700 annually. Globally, more ...