Compost tea is finished compost that’s steeped in water until the nutrients, bacteria, fungi, and beneficial organisms pull out into the liquid. It is a fast-acting alternative to dry soil amendments ...

Soiled toilet paper is not safe to compost, but the cardboard interior of toilet paper and paper towel tubes are perfectly compostable. In compost piles, these items count as carbon-rich ingredients ...

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 ...