Hold onto rain from wetter periods and make that moisture available more gradually.

Which plants like peat-based compost, and which flourish more with manure? Get the dirt on this nutrient-rich soil additive.

Ron Taylor marvels, sitting on a tree stump near the center of a giant earthen spiral garden as the sun slowly sets. Marvels at his neighbors harvesting herbs and potatoes near him. Marvels at the ...

Fertile Earth Worm Farm is the largest commercial composting operation in South Florida, diverting tons of food scraps from landfills and transforming it into dark, crumbly garden soil. "Anything that ...

Most organic household waste ends up in landfills where it generates methane, a powerful greenhouse gas. Composting food and garden waste instead of sending it to landfills can significantly reduce ...

If you've ever walked past neatly bagged piles of leaves or branches sitting at the curb, you've probably seen something most people ignore… but gardeners quietly get excited about. What looks like ...

Delaware County is planning to spend a nearly $5 million infusion of federal monies to open a countywide composting center in ...

Gabriel Schiering (Oakes ’24, business management economics) decided to attend UC Santa Cruz for a variety of reasons. He was drawn to the university for its reputation for environmental justice and ...

Rev. Houston Cypress, with Love the Everglades Movement, picks up a handful of soil while visiting a Miccosukee Tribe garden on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. The garden will soon benefit from a grant that ...

SAN ANTONIO – Christiana Wren Rodgers loves to talk about the thousands of red wriggler worms she keeps in her backyard. She feeds them only the best scraps that come right out of the Alamodome’s ...