Food waste amounts to 92 billion pounds annually, according to the nonprofit group Feeding America. Though food doesn’t last ...

Composting! Composting! will take place on Saturday, October 25th from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Compost Learning Center (C&C ...

When we bag up and haul our fallen leaves to the curb for disposal, we’re also helping to dispose of next year’s pollinators ...

Whether picking out pumpkins from a field or carving fun faces for jack-o'-lanterns with friends, pumpkins naturally give off ...

Adding biochar to compost cuts methane and nitrous oxide emissions. It helps composting become more climate friendly.

Fall is a good time to pull weeds and mulch. There are some fall gardening tasks that are not worth the effort. Skip these ...

BOY, IT IS getting darker way too early and that has its own problems because I’ve got a big list of October jobs for you to do with ever-shortening days.

In the past 30 years, Davenport has turned 3 million cubic yards of treated sewage sludge and yard waste into useable compost ...

The carved jack-o’-lantern grins from your front porch. Corn stalks frame your doorway. A mountain of colorful gourds cascades across your dining table. Fall decorating celebrates the season’s ...

But what if human remains could be as nonthreatening as a nice bag of garden soil or a peaceful woodland hike? It might not ...

• Begin to plant pansies, pinks, snapdragons, ornamental cabbage and kale, and other winter color plants as temperatures cool ...

After raking leaves this fall, consider recycling them on your property rather than bagging them for curbside pick-up.