As the days grow shorter and the temperatures begin to drop, preparing your compost pile for winter becomes essential to ensure it remains productive and healthy. Winter can be a challenging time for ...

Learn the best practices for composting and how you can reduce your carbon footprint while creating nutrient-rich soil for ...

While you can make compost at home, you may sometimes have to rely on store-bought compost. Gardener shares photo of ...

From leaf mulch to compost to insulation, find out how you can put fallen leaves in your garden and outdoor space to good use ...

If you don’t plan to have a fall/winter veggie garden this year, think about planting cover crops. Cover crops add nitrogen ...

Ever since the city of Fairfield closed its compost site on South 20th Street earlier this summer, the streets department has ...

Melondy Phillips Staff Writer “Eat an apple on going to bed, and you’ll keep the doctor from earning his bread.” Pembroshire - 1866 “Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only my God can count ...

When purchasing chrysanthemums, select plants with a few open flowers, mostly closed buds and healthy foliage. The blooms ...

The city’s 2024 leaf pickup parking ban begins Oct. 1 when city street sweepers will be out for fall pickup between 6 a.m.

With the cooler weather upon us, gardeners are being urged to carry out some important jobs to ensure hydrangeas provide an ...