Drill holes around the container for aeration and lift it slightly off the ground to allow drainage—simple tweaks that ...

My office is just down the road from the Washington State University composting facility. It processes more than 10,000 pounds of organic waste every month. That’s a lot of compost! I talked about ...

As a young boy, I had to contend with my grandfather’s compost heap. It was a veritable Vesuvius of foul-smelling, putrescible plant waste, a metre high and hidden behind a privet hedge. We had placed ...

Planting bulbs -- Planting annuals and biennials -- Perennials -- Project: summer bedding -- Planting vegetables and fruit -- Planting herbs -- Project: making a hanging basket -- Planting hardy trees ...