Thanks to fractured or lax regulations as well as the ubiquitous contamination of our environment by industrial chemicals (particularly heavy metals and pesticides), there’s a distressingly real risk ...

The poet, singer and songwriter Leonard Cohen once penned a verse that included this line: “I'm stubborn as those garbage bags that time cannot decay.” For Houston residents who stubbornly refuse to ...

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 ...

If you buy a bag of "composted manure" it can pretty much be anything. Unlike fertilizer, which legally requires three numbers on the bags that indicate the percentage of nitrogen, phosphorous and ...

CORVALLIS – Adding organic matter is the best way to improve nearly all kinds of soils. If you’re unsure if your soil needs amendments, take note if it dries and cracks in summer, drains slowly or is ...