Enrich your soil, improve its structure, and give your plants a much-needed nutrient boost the easy, sustainable way, with composting in place.

Gardeners looking for an easy start for their garden beds should consider sheet mulching. Also known as no-till, lasagna and lazy man's gardening, it involves much less work than other methods.

Compost continues to be a hot topic in gardening. Compost enriches your soil, has been shown to suppress plant diseases and pests, reduces - and even eliminates in most cases - the need for chemical ...

Composting is the process of turning food scraps and yard waste into nutrient-rich fertilizer. You can try a range of composting methods based on your needs and the amount of space you have. If you ...

Traditional composting is a long process. It can take six months to more than a year to make usable compost for your garden. This is fine if you have the time and keep the process going continuously, ...

Have you ever walked through an old-growth forest? Beneath your feet is a rich, spongy layer of natural compost accumulated over many human lifetimes. Year after year, a steady rain of falling leaves, ...

One of our roles as Master Gardeners is to answer gardening questions from local residents. Since watering restrictions have been in place, one of the questions I frequently get asked is how to remove ...

It sounds tasty, but lasagna gardening is actually a simple technique for creating a new garden bed. Becki Lynch, Linn County Extension Master Gardener, explains more about the technique below: Want ...

“Be ye not afraid of doing something your venerable ancestors did, for the benefits to your aching back may be many” (Author anonymous) We all know that gardening involves a lot of hard work: hoeing, ...

We just went through the Fall Equinox and it is the time of year that your summer garden is about finished, grass clippings have piled up, leaves are starting to fall and suddenly you have too much ...