The best fill materials for raised garden beds are the ones that can decompose on their own, like twigs, leaves, straw, and more. Starting your raised bed with a layer of cardboard or newspaper can ...

Raised garden beds are a good way to get started gardening, save your back, and maybe get more veggies. This week's question starts with the soil. Every other Friday on Morning Edition, the Outside/In ...

SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. - Food scraps and other compostable items are now coming to a drop off spot at the weekly Farmers' Market on Saturdays in Santa Barbara. The idea came from the Compost SB group.

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Avoid Using Only Compost To Fill A Raised Bed So, if pure dirt is out because it lacks sufficient nutrients and won't allow for optimal drainage, then surely compost will be a better choice, right?

There seems to be a lot of interest in composting these days. Chris Harris, features editor at the Southeast Missourian, mentioned that some of her friends are looking for information on composting ...

LONGVIEW, Texas (KLTV) - Longview residents continue cleaning up debris left behind by Monday’s storm. Well, that debris has to go somewhere, and much of it is taken to the Longview compost site, ...