This is my first VLog whereby I capture my thoughts of the day whilst I'm working on our small acreage doing daily tasks to stay as self-sufficient as possible. Today's task is composting down "green" ...

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 ...

Butler Tech students are learning a lot from a load of horse crap piling up here at the green engineering program.

Having a green manure crop also avoids the problems that can come when soil is bare for too long – it can dry out, lose its structure and become lifeless as all those organisms previously in the ...