Many gardeners want to learn how to make a compost bin, and for good reason. Not only is composting a low-cost way to nourish your plants with the most nutritious soil improver, but it also ...

If you're making your own compost this spring then Monty Don urges gardeners to complete this one crucial step in order to ...

For those of you who aren’t aware that live oak trees drop their leaves every year despite the fact that we describe them as evergreen, look at the ground now. If you have live oak trees, they have ...

Compost heaps can be designed to suit gardens of all sizes. You can build your own or choose from a whole range of specially designed bins, available at garden centres and through internet and ...

but of cultivating good soil. Worms are brilliant at making compost. Find out more from our worm article and make your own worm farm in a jar. Compost and soil are not dead, they are living things.

Garden composters create rich, nutrient-filled soil from kitchen scraps and yard waste. The amount of soil produced depends on the capacity of your tumbler. If you have a small balcony and use ...

while the good stuff is sifted down into a pile under the cylinder. Just look at that rich, fluffy compost. The best part is that he was able to make it mostly from stuff he had lying around ...

We want to make sure we only test composts that are available to gardeners in the formulation ... Claimed to be suitable for germinating seeds, small seedlings and plants in patio containers, it's a ...