This week, after a long spring of unseasonal and unpredictable weather events, our garden was treated to a much-needed spa day. We treated the entire property to a good foliar spray drenching of ...

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 ...

Composting has long been recognized as a crucial building block for healthy soil and a successful garden. But gardeners who spend months making their own natural compost should reconsider simply ...

Compost tea can stop plant diseases, increase the amount of nutrients available to plants and even make the veggies you grow taste better!

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 ...

IS your neighbour's lawn looking greener than ever - whilst the grass on your side seems to be dying? Lawn envy is a real thing. The truth is any beautifully-green lawn is a result of good lawn ...

Numerous challenges exist in organic greenhouse production, one of the largest being a lack of amendments that can effectively serve as plant nutrients or pest controls and still be considered organic ...

• The Master Composter and Recycler Program is sponsored by the Spokane County Regional Solid Waste System. Contact them through the Recycling Hotline at (509) 477 ...

Tea is just plant matter, which will compost and provide nitrogen back to the soil. But it won't do anything special for your garden. The gardening world is full of old wives' tales full of purported ...