Composting is one of the most effective ways to manage livestock manure and convert the waste into a valuable soil amendment. With fertiliser prices soaring almost every month, making own compost ...

Q. How do I start and maintain a compost pile/bin? Is there a certain type of composter you recommend? I love composting because it’s a way you can take something that would normally be waste and turn ...

If you feel strongly about eating your own home-grown, organic vegetables, and want to improve your garden soil, you need to learn how to make organic compost at home. For most gardeners, the ...

,” and it would be hard to imagine a more apt product name. Because at the core of the DairyDoo line of organic potting soil media, compost blends and planting bed mixes is good, old-fashion cow ...

BRIDPORT, Vt . -- BRIDPORT, Vt. -- The cows at the Audet family's Blue Spruce Farm produce nearly 9,000 gallons of milk a day -- and about 35,000 gallons of manure. It has long been the milk that pays ...

Question: I got a load of “composted” horse manure for my garden from my friend. It looks to me that it isn’t really composted all the way as there are “apples” of manure in it. Can I just put it in ...

Livestock manure may seem like a relatively "green" form of crop fertilizer, but unfortunately it's full of phosphorous that pollutes waterways when it's carried off the land in runoff water. That's ...