Soil

Compost is decomposed organic material. It's a very simple process that can be turned into a fun and scientific learning activity for kids. Helping the earth is a great benefit as well!

The US Department of Agriculture classifies soil texture according to its composition, and the three basic materials that comprise soil are clay, sand, and silt. The proportions of each of these...

People have the best intentions when they start recycling their organic waste. However, if they haven't started the right way, they soon get frustrated and give up. Here are the VIDEO tools to...

Good soil is essential for healthy plants. Healthy soil provides enough water, essential nutrients and a suitable pH for plant growth. The texture of the soil is often an effective indicator to...

Compost is extremely beneficial for plants and having your own compost will allow you to nourish your garden without paying for expensive fertilizer. In addition, you can use a compost pile to...

A successful compost pile requires a mix of green (nitrogen rich) and brown (carbon rich) materials to decompose quickly. This article focuses on brown materials.

Building a successful compost pile requires adding both nitrogen rich and carbon rich materials to your compost. This article covers nitrogen or "green" composting materials.

The pH level is a scale that displays how acidic or alkaline something is. A pH level less than 7 means, whatever it is you are testing is dominantly acidic and a level over 7 means it is more...

One of the reasons I’m attracted to gardening is that it allows me to use and reuse materials. This has a lot of appeal for a pack-rat like me. It gives me a good excuse to hang on to things...

Anytime, but especially fall, is a great time to start making compost by recycling all your outdoor waste. Turning dead plant material and fallen leaves into dark rich compost is nature's way of...

Do you have a garden or compost pile, or want to start one? Then using a shovel will help you. A dirt shovel has a rounded edge, and a garden shovel has a flat edge. The dirt shovel will help...

Here’s a straightforward, simple way to compost kitchen scraps that costs next to nothing and won’t create a big ugly pile that has your neighbors complaining. It’s not even a pile, and it does...

Soil texture refers to the amount of sand, silt and clay in a soil. Soil texture influences the frequency of irrigation, cultivation practices and the type of plants that will grow. Here is an...

When your peace lily starts to outgrow its original pot; that normally means that it needs to be repotted. The instructions below are easy steps to making sure an office plant will strive once...

Organic Fertilizers can be expensive. Making your own fertilizer for house plants and your garden is a cheap and easy alternative to buying fertilizers. In the below steps, I show you how to make...

Creating compost for your garden can be compared to baking a cake. Just follow a simple recipe using ingredients you have on hand and let it "cook"!

Compost is the black gold of soil that all gardeners crave. Now you can make your own rich compost soil with just a few basic ingredients. Chances are, you have 99 percent of them already.

So you are looking for land to buy, and want to determine just how fertile it is? Maybe you intend to farm it or grow a garden? Maybe you are planning to build a house, and simply want a thick,...

This is a cheap way to recycle old chicken wire and create rich inexpenisve fertilizer with composting. This project took me a total of 20 minutes and I was composting.

Worms are very easy to raise and require very little work. If you start out with just 100 red wigglers, within a year they can re-produce into 3000-5000. This is a great learning experience for...

Compost is often referred to as “black gold” because of its rich concentration of organic matter and nutrients all plants need to thrive. This article discusses how to make a compost pile,...

Why use commercial fertilizers when we can go green. You do not have to pay for organic fertilizers. All you need to do is look right in your own back yard. Here is a list of things you can use...

Starting a garden? Just moved into a new house, and want to learn just how good is your soil? Then do a drainage test? This piece of info can tell you a few things.

Many gardeners enjoy the idea of having ready-to-use organic compost in the garden - but may not want to go through the hassle of building a bin or want the mess of a compost heap in their yard. ...

Building a worm bin is easy, feeding worms is easy, but how do you get the black gold that is worm castings out of your worm bin - without removing the worms too. Follow these simple steps to...

Popular in Japan, Bokashi is a composting method for recycling household food scraps into a useable soil amendment and adding organic material to your garden. Bokashi is different from composting...

Also known as sheet composting, lasagna composting can save you a lot of the work involved in traditional gardening. This method requires no digging or tilling, and can turn an unused corner of...

Learning how to compost in an apartment can be rewarding. Living in an apartment means living green on a smaller scale. If you have a small patio or balcony you can have a compost bin that will...

This is what you have to do to make compost and raise earthworms.

Making compost and raising worms at the same time!

Composting is a tried and true method of recycling and reusing organic material. There is a cheaper and easier method of composting that eliminates the need for containers, while producing the...

Composting with worms is much easier than some people seem to think. You don't need cinder blocks, or straw, or any type of fancy system. All you need is a plastic bin, some extra cloth, a...

This article will tell you how to use ordinary vegetable cuttings and other food scraps to create fertilizer/compost for use in your yard or garden.

Organic fertilizers are becoming more commercially available as consumers move towards sustainable practices for their yard and Garden. Many organic fertilizers provide plant nutrients and...

Although I lived on a small farm and had a lot of experience with different kinds of farm animals, I had never really thought about composting in a big way, mainly because I did not have a green...

Worms can be used for many things. They can be used for gardens to get bigger tastier food, composts for good soil, and for fishing bait. The thing is, I don't have a place where I can get bait...

Trying to keep green can be difficult in the winter when everything turns yellow. Composts generally need above freezing temperatures but there are still ways to maintain a steady compost pile...

This rock separator screen empties garden rocks into a bucket and dumps the soil back on the ground.

There is no need to purchase a composter. Follow these simple steps to make your own!

Many are aiming to go green and recycle all that they can. What about that old, broken garbage can? How about turning that old, broken garbage can into something useful and recycle it into...

Composting reduces household waste, improves the health of your soil, and produces delicious vegetables and beautiful flower!

When building a backyard composter, you can choose from a variety of different shapes, sizes, and materials. There are some compost bins made out of wire, others out of wood, and still others...

Growing Japanese Maples in a container requires a lot of work for a long period of time. But if you take care of it properly, it can live over a 100 years. They come in many colors, grow slowly,...

Garden composters are a great addition to any garden. By mixing yard and household organic waste in a compost bin, you can create your own nutrient rich soil to add to your garden in less than 2...

A tumbler compost bin is a cheap and easy way to make fantastic compost that is ready to use in just 2 weeks time. Compost tumblers allow for easy aeration and create dark, rich, compost that will...

Whether you just want to save your kitchen scraps from the land fills or create "black gold" for your garden- you CAN compost! From a studio apartment to the south forty... what suits...

Now that the summer is here, many of you have already begun to spruce up the garden and lawn. Each year I spend tons of money on mulch, top soil, potting soil mixes, chemicals and so much...

It is summertime, and the weather is fine! You rearing to go and ready for some good quality time with the much-in-need-of-life sand plot in your backyard. You have been planning all winter and...

Transplanting plants during a dry spell or drought can be tricky. You have to make sure that newly moved plants get plenty of water to the roots for the first few weeks, but that can be hard to do...

There are four steps you need to get right to create the perfect soil for your summer garden plants and vegetables. First the main components of your soil must be in the correct ratio, they must...