I'm a poo chaser. You see, I have a number of animals in my Oakland backyard - a pair of Nigerian dwarf goats and a herd of rabbits - that spend an inordinate amount of time making poo. Every week, I ...

The safest way to use raw manure is to add it to your compost pile as "green" material and thoroughly compost it along with "brown" organic matter, such as fallen leaves, straw and dried weeds, which ...

Every gardener wants to know how to improve the soil in his or her vegetable plot. And I've learned, from decades of experience, that the most natural way is the best. Compost, the organic gardener's ...

Most gardeners are familiar with compost made from excess plant materials such as leaves, grass clippings, garden trimmings and kitchen peelings. Piled up in a heap in a corner of the garden, kept ...

ARCADIA — Davidson County farmer Charity Smith is proving you can do a lot of agricultural enterprises on a small amount of land, and do it well. Tucked inside Smith’s home garage in her northern ...

What kinds of things can be sent to that compost pile you’re excited to start? • Grass clippings (mixed with other ingredients so they don’t turn into a slimy compacted mat. Also note that grass ...