Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! I see many homeowners cleaning up leaves this fall around the valley. Why not gather these leaves to make leaf mold, a valuable compost? This week I want ...

If you have leaves accumulating on your lawn and in the garden, instead of raking them up into piles and putting them in bags to set on the curb, may we suggest composting them. Leaves are full of ...

It's a double-edged sword, a blessing and a curse. Leaf season is a multi-faceted touchstone for gardeners and homeowners across the region. As a homeowner who lives in Louisville’s Highlands ...

If you walk much in the Seattle area, you may notice an occasional sweet smell this time of year. Some say it’s like cotton candy or caramel. This fragrant aroma comes from the fallen leaves of ...

Many urban gardeners know that adding ingredients like compost and mulch to their soil has great benefits. But it can be difficult to know what to add and why. Researchers at Purdue University ...

Trees drop leaves to cycle nutrients back into the soil. Of course, we can sabotage this by bagging them up and sending them away! Even more ironic, we often then go buy fertilizers to add nutrients ...

Instead of burning fallen leaves, residents will soon turn them into rich compost for gardens through the ‘Namma Yele, Namma Gobra’ initiative In a significant move toward sustainable waste management ...

NORTH HAVEN — First Selectman Michael J. Freda has announced that North Haven’s Department of Public Works is currently offering finished leaf compost materials to residents for the first time and at ...