If you have a garden area that’s hard to reach with a rototiller or even a shovel, consider sheet composting (sometimes called no-till or lasagna gardening). For example, I had a narrow plot ...

Cold, wet weather brings opportunities to sit in front of a warm fire. But if you get out now to do some sheet composting, you'll be smothering weeds, feeding the soil, attracting garden worms and ...

Are you ready to reduce water consumption by removing your lawn? Fortunately, this doesn’t have to be an expensive, back-breaking, or toxic undertaking. Sheet mulching, also known as sheet composting, ...

Fall — is it finally arriving? Yum! Fall makes me think of warm comfort food like yummy lasagnas loaded with protein, calcium and nutritious veggies. How about cooking up some great soil for your ...

Lasagna gardening may sound like the most delicious pastime, but it doesn't actually refer to growing the tomatoes, herbs, and wheat that you could turn into the classic tiered pasta. Instead, it's ...

Although the growing season is over, it’s a prime time to use leaves and some garden residue for another type of growing. In fields and forests, nature does her recycling year after year by ...

On a microscopic level, composting refers to a biological process where bacteria, fungi and even worms break down organic material to generate a product that looks like soil but is technically a soil ...

Fall and winter are great times to do sheet composting in your garden. So just what is sheet composting and what are the benefits? Some people call it smothering, sheet mulching or lasagna composting.