Q: My neighbor recently told me that the secret to his lush lawn and thriving vegetable garden is humus. What is humus, what’s it made of, and where can I get it? A: The definition of humus explains ...

We send a lot of organic matter -- kitchen scraps, grass clippings, leaves, branches etc. -- to the dump when we really need to compost it to use in our landscapes. Composting simply is decayed ...

Every gardener wants the best soil for their garden. How do you know if your soil is "good"? What do you add to make it good? When you go to a plant nursery or the gardening section of a big box store ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Our minds and shovels are ready for full throttle outdoor planting — but is your soil ready? Soil is the living medium for plants to grow; we have plenty of ...

THE organic matter of soils, the residue of the limited oxidation of vegetable and animal matter, has appeared a subject so complex and obscure, and promising the investigator so little of definite ...