Q: I've seen a couple of compost tea-brewing kits in catalogs. They're supposed to give you a really nutritious organic fertilizer that you make at home. What do you think of them? A: I don't have any ...

Compost tea, some say, keeps plants healthy and disease-free, but is it really any better than simply adding fertiliser to the soil? Distilled wisdom: compost tea has its followers but to date is not ...

Make mine aerobic compost tea. That's the latest request in organic-gardening circles. Compost tea is great. It's full of beneficial microbes and soluble nutrients. But research shows aerobic compost ...