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 ...

Q: I’m adding compost to some areas in my yard for fall planting. I have compacted clay soil that I’m attempting to rehabilitate. Before adding the compost, should I spray actively aerated compost tea ...

Magical microbes from a 300-year-old farm in upstate New York began appearing in area lawns and vegetable gardens last season, prompting the kind of vigorous growth you'd expect from Jack and the ...

Bay Area gardeners have something new to cheer about: Lyngso Garden Materials, the Redwood City-based landscape-supply center, is brewing compost tea for the public. According to company co-owner ...

Chronicle staffer Jane Tunks, a novice gardener, is using The Chronicle's rooftop garden as her classroom, with Fred Bové and Kevin Bayuk from the San Francisco Permaculture Guild as her teachers.

Just about everyone in Texas loves tea, even the plants. The flowers and greenery in your garden, however, prefer a special brew, called compost tea, which is full of beneficial microorganisms that is ...

Compost tea is nothing more than a large “tea bag” filled with finished compost steeped in water. This colorful compost is ready to be tucked into a bag (a pillowcase will work) to soak in water.

*Refers to the latest 2 years of omaha.com stories. Cancel anytime. Paul Gilligan talks about the compost tea he is making at Lanoha Nurseries, 19111 W. Center Road. Paul Gilligan holds compost he ...

Cannabis demands high amounts of nitrogen, and though your organic fertilizers and compost teas supply more than enough, losses occur at every step of the way. Don’t throw away your nitrogen; learn to ...