Whether you're worried about garden planning, prepping soil, or pruning plants, these beginner-friendly tips from Martha ...

If you’ve dreamed of growing a vegetable garden but your backyard is too shady, is paved or is simply too small, consider the front yard. Planned properly, it will not only provide a nice harvest but ...

If you’ve dreamed of growing a vegetable garden but your backyard is too shady, is paved or is simply too small, consider the ...

Lee County reported that with more time outdoors, it is important to remember that yard care choices directly impact Southwest Florida’s waterways. The public can all do its part to protect the vital ...

The compost facility, which serves as a free public drop-off for yard waste materials, will be managed by Contractor Resource Recycling in 2026. Until March 16, and from August to November, the Dye ...

Did you know it takes 25 years for a single head of lettuce to decompose in a landfill? While that same lettuce would break down in just two to three weeks in a backyard compost bin, landfills compact ...

Every banana peel, coffee filter and wilted lettuce leaf you toss in the trash ends up somewhere — and more often than not, that somewhere is a landfill. But there is a simple, practical alternative ...

Interested in learning more about composting food scraps and yard waste? A free Backyard Composting Workshop, led by the University of California Master Gardeners, will be held March 28 at the Minami ...

I this video I explain what we do when we run out of our own homemade compost. I also show our composting bay system made from pallets and describe how to use this method to make the best compost.

Composting. It’s kind of like recycling. We all know we should be doing it. It’s not hard, it doesn’t take much effort, but boy is it easy to forget and let good habits slide. Even as a gardener, I’m ...

Never underestimate nature — even if it seems down and out. Gardener April Ruis (@aprilsunrisefarm) drove the lesson home on Instagram with an entertaining tale of ...

As the holiday season arrives, so does a surge in food waste. A 2020 study by Penn State found that U.S. households waste an estimated 31% of the food purchased annually. This amounts to an estimated ...