Good soil is the starting point for a garden full of strong healthy plants. The addition of well-rotted garden compost improves soil fertility and structure, aides drainage on heavy, wet soils and ...

If you've tried making compost before, you'll know it can be time-consuming. You may find yourself routinely turning your compost and putting careful thought into layering green and brown materials in ...

It takes a combination of middle age and a love of gardening to find a barrow-load of homemade garden compost a peculiarly seductive sight. Certainly my younger self would never have crowed with ...

Turning scraps into fertile soil for your garden is extraordinarily satisfying. You can add a wide range of things to your compost pile. If you have deciduous trees and shrubs in your backyard or ...

With a keen interest in making more eco-choices in the yard, I'm always excited to learn of new organic fertilizers I can feed my plants to boost their growth. That combined with a love for composting ...

How often do we connect the health of our soil to the health of our food and the health of ourselves? You can grow your own food without any access to the soil — just make some of your own. Madness, I ...

13:25, Thu, Jun 5, 2025 Updated: 13:28, Thu, Jun 5, 2025 An expert has shared the ingredient they put into their compost for growing tomatoes and why it works so well. Tomatoes are a favourite for ...

Two compost urinals topped with miniature gardens have been installed at a notoriously smelly site in Paris - behind the Gare de Lyon station in the east of the French capital. The bright red ...