The environment policy lead for the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) said he is “not convinced” that the EU will be ...

Out of all the winter garden questions, there's one we've heard a lot this month: should I cover raised beds in winter? If ...

Place a layer of greens, then browns, then greens and so on to create a compost pile. "Layering compost is important because ...

The columnist notes some reasons for composting being so beneficial. All you need to start is to pile materials from leaves, ...

Pesticides in fruits and vegetables, mercury in tuna, heavy metals in potatoes or dark chocolate… These are just a few ...

These plots, sixteen in number, have, since 1933, been receiving annual surface dressings of farm compoat, farmyard manure and municipal compost, all at ten tons per acre, and have been under a ...

Enhancing the humus content of soil can be achieved through several effective practices: Add Organic Matter: Introducing organic materials such as compost, leaf litter, manure, or cover crops is one ...

Plant them in the off-season and let them grow before tilling or mowing. When cover crops decompose, they add nutrients and organic material to the soil, boosting humus formation. 5. Add Green Manure ...

Dan Rawlins and his partner Chloe Meyer set themselves an ambitious target when they decided to build an off-grid house made from hempcrete and rendered with a horse manure mix, all without ever ...

To build up humus in the soil, we have to combine various strategies. As mentioned in a previous article on this series, we have to adopt a no-till philosophy. Tillage ‘burns up’ the organic content ...

photo by Keith Schneider, for Investigate Midwest This story was originally published by Circle of Blue. FREMONT, Michigan — Anticipating a surge of funding for building manure biodigesters, which ...