It is because a part of the ingredients in this type of compost is decomposing kitchen scraps. To avoid smelling this unpleasant odor, choose the Old Potters Organic Compost that is made of decomposed ...

No list of the best compost for garden can be complete without the Jobe's Organics Compost Starter which is popular among farmers and organic professionals. Instead of tossing whatever organic ...

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

They were based on peat, an inert and naturally sterile organic material to which fertiliser was added to provide nutrition. The lowland bogs of Britain and raised bogs of Ireland, as well as imports ...

What is composting?Composting is a natural process of recycling organic materials, such as food scraps and leaves, into a valuable soil additive. This compost can be used in gardens, lawns ...

Soils rich in organic matter support healthier plants that need less fertiliser. But manures and composts are highly variable depending on what animals are involved and how they have been fed and ...

Micro-organisms, bacteria and fungi need warmth to do their job of breaking down organic matter. As the weather gets colder, the composting process inevitably slows down unless you own a ‘Hotbin,’ an ...

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

Sep. 25, 2024 — New research suggests Mars' missing atmosphere -- which dramatically diminished 3.5 billion years ago -- could be locked in the planet's clay-covered crust. Water on Mars could ...

Service Learning in the Directorate Community Engagement at the University of the Free State (UFS), is involved in an ...

When is the next Steam sale? It feels like one Steam sale has just ended when the next one begins, but with some events offering better discounts than others and genre-specific sales to look out ...