SAN ANTONIO – The soil you use in your garden is important because it adds nutrients to your plants. You can save money and help out the environment at the same time by making your own compost soil.

Q. How do I start and maintain a compost pile/bin? Is there a certain type of composter you recommend? I love composting because it’s a way you can take something that would normally be waste and turn ...

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 ...

Compost can provide your yard’s gardens and flower, tree and vegetable beds with healthy nutrients that help your plants grow. It’s also great for helping strengthen your soil in floods and droughts, ...

Joseph Seago tells how to care for cool-season lawns, and Tonya Ashworth builds a compost pile. This week on The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South, UT Extension Agent Joseph Seago discusses how ...

Have you gotten into gardening recently and want to learn how to make your own compost? Compost is a great resource for home gardens because it puts minerals back in the soil for peak production of ...

As a new gardener, I thought I could stick any plant in the ground, and with a little sunshine and water, it would flourish. When my most basic efforts did not produce a gorgeous and abundant garden, ...

Some gardeners have asked if composting garden, yard and food waste is sustainable or beneficial to the environment since the composting process generates lots of carbon dioxide, the principal ...

An orange peel hits the trash—and just like that, valuable plant fuel gets tossed away. That moment happens every day in ...

Cool composting offers a low-maintenance way to recycle garden waste, but the slower decomposition time can unintentionally spread weeds if not managed properly. There are some major differences when ...