If you haven’t started your composting journey, consider this your sign to begin. Turning your kitchen scraps and backyard ...

Peter Becker Community in Franconia is reaping tasty new rewards for recycling. Its dining service, Cura Hospitality, has begun on-site composting, with the final result to be used for the residents’ ...

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 ...

Lasagna gardening has nothing to do with pasta, cheese and tomato sauce. It does have to do with layers, though. “Essentially, it’s growing things right out of your compost pile,” Marilyn Johnson said ...

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 ...