Manure can be a fantastic addition to your garden, providing essential nutrients and improving soil health. However, as with many things in gardening, moderation is key.

Compost bin in a garden. [courtesy] 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 ...

Ingredients like composted bark from mill operations, used mushroom compost, and composted cow or chicken manure are commonly ...

Spring blooms are the thing to focus on in February, says Monty Don, who recommended mulching garden borders or wherever your ...

Growing a green manure in winter prevents soil from having nutrients washed away by rain or snow, and some varieties have a fibrous root system that helps to give the soil structure. Clover is a ...

Gardening expert Steven Walley has shared six jobs that you should do in your garden in January, including looking at wind ...

Poultry farmers out to diversify on their respective incomes with crop cultivation are now finding good soil nutrient fixers from the chicken droppings fermented at the garden manure ponds.

The only way to know for sure is to grow some seedling garden plants in potting soil amended with your manure. As you have found out, tomatoes are very sensitive, so tomato or basil seedlings are ...

DEVILS LAKE, N.D. — When done right, composting manure and livestock is an environmentally sound way to dispose of animals and their waste, according to Mary Keena, North Dakota State University ...