Compost is black gold! It is the darling of the vegetable gardening community. So much so that people will spend untold hours and lots of back breaking labor creating it. This effort seems justified ...

Old hay and straw can be fairly easy to find for those willing to look. People use hay and straw for decorations in the autumn. Many animals get hay or straw for bedding or wintertime nibbles. Many ...

You’ve all heard, “Hay is for horses.” Some people think that it is also great for growing plants. It isn’t. Technically, the bales to garden with are straw bales, such as wheat or barley, with little ...