Composting saves money when done right, but poor composting turns free soil food into useless clutter. Every spring, many ...

Want to learn how to make compost for your garden? Not only does compost help your plants grow stronger and healthier, but it's also the perfect way to reduce waste and do your part for the ...

CORVALLIS – Adding organic matter is the best way to improve nearly all kinds of soils. If you’re unsure if your soil needs amendments, take note if it dries and cracks in summer, drains slowly or is ...

After a couple of weeks it can be buried in soil or added to the compost heap, where it breaks down quickly. Wormeries are handy too, especially in small gardens. They use compost worms, usually tiger ...

But with so many plants to choose from and ways to arrange them, starting a vegetable garden can be overwhelming. Or maybe ...

One of the more helpful characteristics of much of our soil on the coast is how well is drains. Most of our substrate is a sandy loam that filters moisture quickly and keeps areas from pooling with ...

Q: Every morning we have coffee grounds left after our breakfast coffee. I wondered if it would be a good idea to dump them around my smallish vegetable and raspberry garden rather than throwing them ...

Gardening naturally lends itself to reusing and recycling — just think about compost and last year’s seed trays. So if there’s a way to reduce trash while saving money on produce, you can count me in.