The annual Rate Bowl kicked off on Dec. 26 inside Chase Field in Phoenix. The Golden Gophers of Minnesota would walk off New Mexico in overtime to win their ninth straight bowl game which is the ...

Compost is black gold to a garden. It is a rich source of nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium. It makes even the driest sand or gummiest clay into beautifully crumbly, friable soil that is able to ...

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Q: I am having a hard time finding compost to use. Will a peat moss that a local nursery sells work like compost? A: No, it won’t. When compost decomposes it does two things: It keeps the soil open, ...

In a previous column, I mentioned the BioBags being distributed by the City and Norcal Waste Systems to assist us with composting our families' table scraps. Turns out these are just a drop in the ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Beauty is to the beholder, and Ken Kelly believes eggshells, wilted lettuce and smelly coffee grounds are truly beautiful. Not everyone looks in the garbage can and sees the same ...

Composting toilets use aerobic decomposition to break down human waste instead of flushing it away in watery sewage. Most don't use water, so they don't need to be connected to a city wastewater ...

Leaves of red, yellow, orange and green color the autumn landscape with their vibrant, dramatic hues, compelling us to pull on soft, warm sweaters, pour a mug of hot cider and curl up with a good book ...

You remember that electric little thrill you get when you stumble onto a gardening secret so simple, so clever, so ridiculously effective that you wonder why it isn’t printed on seed packets in bold ...

The pandemic has changed many things about the way we live, play and work. Perhaps the most unexpected has been our shifting perspective on food: how to get it, how to prepare it and, for many, how ...