Looking out for vital signs your plants need more watering than they did in February is key as the weather begins to notch up ...

Recently, I’ve been seeing advice on Facebook about adding banana peels to your soil for potassium. Bananas and their peels ...

Spring is right around the corner, and I can't wait to get my garden started! I've already started seeds indoors that I know ...

If you can't "learn to live with them," Neil Sperry suggests a ground cover that makes mowing around them unnecessary.

Tri-Valley State Sen. Jerry McNerney has introduced legislation that would allow farmers and winegrape growers throughout the ...

Current zero-waste initiatives are mainly performative because the student body’s lack of knowledge about sustainable ...

How many pots is that? Nearly 242 million. Wow! Historically, more plants were sold as bare-root, ball and burlap, or in ...

Even if you don't have much outdoor space, you can still take advantage of the benefits of composting kitchen scraps with the ...

The We Compost program offers more than a dozen food-waste drop-off sites where Clark County residents can dump their food ...

You can now put meat, dairy and grain products along with any other food into your compost bin. The City of Boise is ...

Don't use fresh manure. When nitrogen decomposes, the generated heat will burn your roses' roots. Should I put compost around my roses? Don't apply the composted manure around your roses' roots.