Optimize your watering schedule for both efficiency and maximum benefit. Research how much water your grass needs to thrive, and water it in the evenings, so the water doesn’t evaporate during the ...

Composting helps our planet. More than a third of all landfill waste is made up of food, food-soiled paper and yard waste.

Spring is in the air! Warmer temperatures have enveloped the tri-state area – but along with the heat come a few unsettling creepy crawlers. One invasive crawler ...

The town of Stuart is preparing for the 22nd Annual Strawberry Festival set for Saturday, May 17. Everyone is invited to come ...

Composting — a term used and promoted by the environmentally minded, but not something all of us are all-knowing about. If ...

ORONO – University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering an introduction to home composting webinar from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

A map has been released of the two zones with restrictions on fruit and vegetable movement on Auckland’s North Shore after a ...

Wondering how to compost kitchen waste at home? These 10 simple tips will help you turn food scraps into rich, nutrient-dense ...

It’s time to start annuals that get off to a slow start, such as pansies, violas, snapdragons and lobelia. Read the seed ...

Most importantly for gardeners, compost provides a nutrient-filled soil amendment. “Hot composting” is commonly done by creating a “compost pile” combination of greens (material high in nitrogen) and ...

If you can't "learn to live with them," Neil Sperry suggests a ground cover that makes mowing around them unnecessary.