The best compost will provide all the nutrients and support needed for seeds and veg to grow and thrive, while the worst will leave you with meagre crops and feeble plants. But the only way to know if ...

As spring approaches, we’ll be sowing, planting, mulching and digging – but which compost do we need for each job? To keep things simple, be aware that there are basically two types of compost: ...

Neolithic farmers may have been new to the whole “raising crops” game but they quickly figured out how to increase their agricultural efficiency: literal bullcrap. And we’ve gotten hellaciously good ...

Making your own compost is simple and can be fun. You hear a lot of talk about going green. Well, having your own compost pile is as green as it gets. Composting your own yard and kitchen waste ...

Brown bins are popping up outside homes in the Plateau-Mont-Royal borough in preparation for a new curbside compost pick up schedule that begins Feb. 1. Under the program, 24,000 households east of St ...

Growth industry: a 'Pink Perpetué' climber (left) and the various stages of cultivation (right) Cultivating healthy and hardy container roses largely depends on a combination of good pruning and the ...