While compost is commonly used in vegetable, flower, and herb gardens, home gardeners often overlook the many benefits that compost brings to lawns. Using compost for lawns is an excellent way to both ...

This past hot, dry, yet humid summer was exhausting for our grass, garden plants, and trees let alone the life above and below ground, life that is essential to the health and nutrition of the very ...

Q: I've been cleaning up my vegetable garden and have a fairly decent compost pile started from last year. I am somewhat confused about when to apply compost to the garden. Some articles say to apply ...

This story was originally published on April 8, 2020, and has been updated. Climate change is affecting our food, and our food is affecting the climate. NPR is dedicating a week to stories and ...

Farmers always prefer to work on land whose soil is fertile enough and able to supply sufficient nutrients in the right proportions to support good plant growth in order to generate high yields. The ...