Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! I see many homeowners cleaning up leaves this fall around the valley. Why not gather these leaves to make leaf mold, a valuable compost? This week I want ...

If you have leaves accumulating on your lawn and in the garden, instead of raking them up into piles and putting them in bags to set on the curb, may we suggest composting them. Leaves are full of ...

Two fundamentals of Autumn here in Piedmont Virginia are: 1. there will be a burst of extravagant leaf color; and 2. there will be the timeless challenge of what to do with the fallen leaves.

If you’re stuffing bags full of gorgeous autumn leaves that have fallen on your yard or planning to have them hauled away, consider intentionally gathering this “waste” into a pile to transform it ...

Deborah Neher, chairwoman of the University of Vermont’s Department of Plant and Soil Science, looked at the DNA of the microbes in compost piles and discovered that many of them were organisms that ...

Even if you've been nurturing a compost pile or tumbler for years, you might not realize what kind of composting you're doing. Are you hot or cold composting? Lots of composting resources focus on the ...

With spring arriving, gardeners are preparing soils for this year’s planting, and many love to apply compost, which can supply nutrients, feed microbial activity, help retain soil moisture and improve ...

In Hamden, tree branches turn into mulch with the help of a tub grinder. Could New Haven do the same? Credit: Nora Grace-Flood File Photo Leaves and branches that fall from New Haven trees might ...