compost

PARTNER CONTENT Raking fallen leaves in the garden (Photo: iStock - Zbynek Pospisil)
Home and Family, Horticulture, Horticulture, Outdoors

Mow or compost leaves for best results

Rather than let leaves stay on the lawn or send them to the landfill, horticulturist David Trinklein recommends two ways of using them effectively. Read More

What fine compost looks like. (Photo by Katie Teague, University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture.)
Ag News

Benefits and risks of compost

Use fallen leaves mixed with the proper amount of soil for a garden compost pile. (Photo by Laura McKenzie, Texas A&M AgriLife.)
Horticulture, Outdoors

Autumn garden advice for the Texas area



A bin helps to keep compost materials packed together, says Kansas State University horticulture expert Ward Upham. (Photo courtesy of K-State Research and Extension.)

Compost bin is key to success, says K-State expert  

Equine manure management: What goes in must come out

USDA announces recipients of urban agriculture grants and cooperative agreements

How about asparagus?

  • By Charles Lillard, Oklahoma County Extension Master Gardener

Forget the bone meal; use compost for bulbs

Hügelkultur: The mound method for home gardeners

  • By Adam Russell, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service

Prep now for spring garden planting

Following harvest, biomulch project enters next phase

  • By David Ostdiek, Panhandle Research and Extension Center