The most expensive moment in your vegetable garden isn’t spring planting. It’s the last few weeks of the fall garden harvest, ...

If you're tidying up your garden, emptying pots and troughs and are looking to start a compost heap, or even just secure a bin from your local authority, now's a great time to start. If you only have ...

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From dethatching scorched lawns to harvesting rainwater, Wickes has shared five essential jobs to do to help give scorched ...

Your lawn may need one final feeding before winter—but applying fertilizer too late can be a mistake. Find the best fall fertilizing window for your state and grass type.

We are well enough into the fall gardening season that it’s time to catch up on chores we put off in the heat and get ready for the cold.

Forsythia Those brilliant yellow flowers that announce the arrival of spring are another classic example of blooms produced on old wood. By fall, next year's flower buds have already formed. A ...

Where could composting take place? What do zoning ordinances allow for? What state regulations (i.e., permitting requirements) apply to your situation? This often depends on the size of a composting ...

Emma Erler of Kirkwood Gardens manages an extensive compost set-up. If you’ve been dutifully adding vegetables and food waste to your compost pile or rotating bin, it may be time for the next step: ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The largest center for human composting in the U.S. just opened in Maryland and it’s highlighting how Americans are rethinking how they want to dispose of their bodies when they die. Human composting ...