I'm a poo chaser. You see, I have a number of animals in my Oakland backyard - a pair of Nigerian dwarf goats and a herd of rabbits - that spend an inordinate amount of time making poo. Every week, I ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Manure is often dubbed black gold by gardeners – not because of its aroma, but the wealth of organic nutrients and microbes it pumps into soil. There are ...

Over the nearly 20 years I've written about gardening, many readers have asked about the benefits and drawbacks of using animal manures as soil amendments and fertilizers. Here are several of those ...

Our general store is ready for spring. Inside bright packets of seeds call for my attention. Outside on the porch are bags of peat moss, 5-10-5 and 10-10-10, limestone, compost, cow manure and bark ...

Manure often is dubbed black gold by gardeners for the wealth of organic nutrients and microbes it provides the soil. There are numerous types of manures — cow, horse, poultry, pig, goat, sheep and ...

How did people manage to garden a century ago before megastores? They couldn't just run down to the store and pick up a bag of Miracle-Gro. They had to do it the old-fashioned, organic way: with ...

Chicken manure could be a great addition to garden soil. Chicken waste is not waste at all, it’s actually a garden seed of gold that can be used as an organic fertiliser for lawn and garden. Hello ...

Yorkshire contractor Richard Scholes knew his contracting business had to adapt when the Farming Rules For Water legislation prohibited a number of autumn manure applications*. Faced with soaring ...

I'm a poo chaser. You see, I have a number of animals in my Oakland backyard - a pair of Nigerian dwarf goats and a herd of rabbits - that spend an inordinate amount of time making poo. Every week, I ...