FALL IS ALWAYS a good time to assess the recent growing season and make notes to your future self about garden gains, losses and the occasional horticultural mishap. For instance, do not plant comfrey ...

Comfrey is probably not high on your list of desired herbs, but maybe it should be, especially if you are serious about organic practices. Comfrey is probably not high on your list of desired herbs, ...

This spring I was hauling five gallon buckets of fertilizer down the Buckhorn Mountain when a skunk ran out in front of me. I hit the brakes hard rather than hit the skunk, the guardrail or a tree.

My introduction to comfrey, more than 30 years ago, remains a wonderful memory. Comfrey is definitely a plant worthy of love. Its numerous features make it an essential plant for every garden. At ...

Every gardener shouId grow some comfrey, says Monty Don. It makes great mulch, the richest compost - and it's also a terrific slug deterrent. Last week I wrote that gardening success is, in large part ...

Let’s continue with our healthy garden. Organic mulches such as straw, grass clippings, leaf mold and compost will give you a great benefit, however, chop and drop mulches will provide the same ...

Q. What are the beneficial uses of comfrey plants? What is the Urdu name and can we grow it in Faisalabad? A. Comfrey — botanically called Symphytum spp but also known as Symphytum uplandicum — is a ...

Garden plants have depleted many of the soil nutrients by the end of summer, so we need to replenish them for our next plantings. Chemical fertilizers have environmental concerns so we usually use ...

Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO reports from the start of Kunming’s Belt and Road media forum, where 200 journalists from 71 countries celebrated a new openness and optimism, forged by China’s enormous ...