You Should Recycle the Potting Soil From Your Dead Plants
In a corner of your local nursery, hidden way in the back, is a worker dumping out an endless stream of dead plants into a pile, and tossing the plastic…
The Best Way to Compost if You Don’t Want to Compost
Composting has an ick factor. Between gardening and cooking, I produce a lot of waste that goes right into the “green bin” for city composting and I’m always super happy…
The Five Laziest Ways to Compost
Composting is a great way to get free fertilizer for your garden. If you’re brand new to composting, the idea is simple: You use clippings, leaves, and food scraps that…
The Best Way to Stop Jumping Worms From Invading Your Garden
With plant swaps and compost exchanges in full swing, it’s important to keep an eye out for invasive jumping worms. These critters will leach nutrients out of the soil so…
How to Start Composting Leaves (and Why You Should)
Photo: Victoria_Hunter (Shutterstock) Once all those pretty autumn leaves fall to your yard, they are often treated as a waste product—but these leaves are the beginning of nutrient-rich garden soil,…
How to Use Kitchen Scraps on Your Plants Without Learning to Compost
Photo: iva (Shutterstock) We should start by saying that we are not anti-compost. In fact, we have several articles walking you through the ins and outs of the composting process.…
How to Use Tea Leaves in Your Garden (and When You Shouldn’t)
Photo: TOLGA AKMEN (Getty Images) Some perennial veggies provide natural fertilizer for themselves and nearby plant life. The same goes for herbs. Old and used tea bags provide nitrogen, tannic…
Should You Put Coffee Grounds on Your Plants?
Photo: Nor Gal (Shutterstock) If you are both a coffee lover and a plant parent, you may be eager to recycle your coffee grounds while also potentially helping your garden…