A mound of compost with a hoe sticking out and a gardener's boots in the background - Annick Vanderschelden Photography/Getty Images So you've got your compost ready for the next gardening season.

While compost and mulch may seem interchangeable, they have distinctly different uses in sustainable landscaping. Photo courtesy San Diego County Water Authority Seventh in a series republished with ...

COMPOST: Technically speaking, compost is organic matter that has decomposed. The easiest way to make compost is to pile up garden refuse (plus kitchen vegetable and fruit scraps if you’re inclined) ...

There are many benefits of using compost in your garden, planting beds, and your lawn, and fall can be the perfect time to start a compost pile while you are cleaning up the garden and removing leaves ...

The post 9 Reasons to Use Compost as Mulch This Year is by Jerad Bryant and appeared first on Epic Gardening, the best urban gardening, hydroponic gardening, and aquaponic gardening blog. Mulch is ...

Recently on a gardening social media site I follow, a picture was posted showing some rather sad vegetable plants. The person posting was asking what the problem was. They had amended their soil with ...

A desire to encourage local residents to dig into composting for themselves is behind the SCREC’s partnership with OC Waste & ...

So you've got your compost ready for the next gardening season. Maybe you even learned how to make your own DIY compost. But how much compost does your garden soil really need? Composting is one of ...

Compost and mulch. Both are great soil conditioners, but how do they differ? Each serves as a time-release fertilizer and insulator. When augmented with livestock and poultry manure, nutrient-rich ...