Everybody loves money-saving DIY ideas, especially if it repurposes something that’s ordinarily trash. So, the idea to use banana peels as fertilizer seems, well, rather appealing (you knew we had to ...

The best gardeners know the simple truth about compost: It’s better than fertilizer when it comes to providing a nutrient-rich growing environment for plants. Composting is easy and inexpensive, and ...

Here's the scoop on the popular DIY fertilizer trick.

For a few extra bucks, you can give your newly purchased plants the tools to succeed for years to come. It pains me to see customers spending hundreds of dollars on new plants and simultaneously ...

Many gardeners rely on compost to help improve their soils. Taking compost a step further, some gardeners use worms to break down the compost even more. Vermicomposting, or worm composting, uses red ...

Years of stormwater runoff from farmland and lawns has led to elevated levels of harmful bacteria, phosphorus, and weeds throughout the Macatawa Watershed. “The key to restoring the health of the ...

SUMMERVILLE — Kate Pezzillo started thinking seriously about her trash in graduate school. After studying federal data on American garbage streams as she completed work to become an environmental ...

Waste products like coffee grounds and eggshells are widely used to improve soil health, but there are some more unconventional fertilizers that could help.

Don't just grab any fertilizer. Learn the differences between organic, natural, and synthetic options to make the best choice for your garden.

Q: I am having a hard time finding compost to use. Will a peat moss that a local nursery sells work like compost? A: No, it won’t. When compost decomposes it does two things: It keeps the soil open, ...

Everybody loves money-saving DIY ideas, especially if it repurposes something that’s ordinarily trash. So, the idea to use banana peels as fertilizer seems, well, rather appealing (you knew we had to ...