Gardening columnist Jeff Lowenfels breaks down the best practices for removing and recycling when the holidays are over.

Do you like to cook? Bake a Gift! Everyone loves food during the holidays. And you don’t need to be a worldrenowned chef to bake an excellent gift. Things like banana bread, zucchini bread and pumpkin ...

Both cool-season and warm-season lawns require ongoing maintenance during the winter months. Learn the proper winter mowing, fertilization, irrigation, and weed management strategies to keep your lawn ...

Santa Cruz climate advocate Danielle Lanyard argues that the city is uniquely positioned to become a global model of ecological innovation by stitching together proven sustainability solutions from ...

Brown compost materials are the carbon-rich backbone that lets your pile heat up, break down efficiently, and ultimately ...

Ever felt like your compost pile just isn’t working as well as you hoped? Plenty of people dive in with good intentions, only ...

A Swedish study underscores winter soil care: leave leaf litter, compost scraps, and test soil now to keep microbes active ...

This is the fourth part of Mongabay’s series on the expanding wolf population in California. Read Part 1,  Part 2 and Part 3.

A compost pile in Big Lake caught fire Saturday morning; fire crews are requesting the community stay away from the area. According to the Big Lake Police Department, the fire was first reported ...

The loyal reader knows that compost is my go-to for almost everything. I use it for mulch and to put the soil food web back into soils. I am a compost nerd. The question: What to do in the winter when ...

(Opinion) Some politicians won big this week. Might they start thinking and governing big as well? New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker won reelection with 84.5 percent of the vote. Wow! His predecessors ...

Dear Heloise: Hey there. I wanted to write in with two hints from a boy in Illinois. My mother lives alone, and I’ve asked her to turn on the front porch light when she goes to bed, then turn it off ...