Although the growing season is over, it’s a prime time to use leaves and some garden residue for another type of growing. In fields and forests, nature does her recycling year after year by ...

If you have a garden area that’s hard to reach with a rototiller or even a shovel, consider sheet composting (sometimes called no-till or lasagna gardening). For example, I had a narrow plot ...

Steam rising from a compost pile. You can learn how to make your very own compost pile below. As the temperatures begin to chill, more people are thinking about finding their snowblower than digging ...

Lasagna gardening may sound like the most delicious pastime, but it doesn't actually refer to growing the tomatoes, herbs, and wheat that you could turn into the classic tiered pasta. Instead, it's ...

Fall and winter are great times to do sheet composting in your garden. So just what is sheet composting and what are the benefits? Some people call it smothering, sheet mulching or lasagna composting.

Composting is both an art and a science, especially when it comes to backyard composting. It’s that perfect balance of ingredients that creates a mini-ecosystem for microorganisms to thrive, breaking ...

EDITOR: It was wonderful to see the story ”Letting go of lawns” on July 19. Folks are realizing they have land in their front yard that can serve a better purpose than sucking petroleum and water and ...

Hurricane Hermine left us with lots of yard trash. But it’s not all bad. This presents a good opportunity to obtain lots of relatively clean and chemical free mulch for your yard and garden. Wood ...

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Lasagna gardening is not growing plants that are used to make lasagna. It is a method of cold composting where organic materials are layered, like lasagna, on top of a garden site. It is a method used ...

Hahn Horticulture Garden at Virginia Tech will be hosting a workshop this Saturday, May 24, on composting at home. Every gardener needs more compost, and helping compost to happen is easy if you ...