Your lawn and garden need nutrients to grow and stay healthy. Soil is an important source of key nutrients but it doesn’t always contain them in adequate amounts. That’s why many homeowners take the ...

If you like to keep things as organic as possible in the garden, making your own fertilizer is an excellent ecological choice, and you’ll save yourself a few dollars in the process. Gardening experts ...

According to a new study, banana peel-based fertilizer outperforms chemical products and produces taller, healthier plants ...

UC Davis researchers engineered wheat that encourages soil bacteria to convert atmospheric nitrogen into plant-usable ...

Comfrey, until fairly recently, was used for centuries as a medicinal herb. Some of the common folk names for it, such as “healing herb” and “bruisewort,” reflect the healing properties that people ...

Now landfill owners can make more money from their gas and farmers have a cheaper, better, local source of fertilizer," says ...

A liquid organic biofertilizer made from the material that is left over after manure or food waste is digested to create clean electricity compares favorably in nutrient value with commonly used ...

Plants mainly need three big nutrients: nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and potassium (K). Each one plays a unique role.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Few experiences can compete with eating a juicy, ripe heirloom tomato still warm from the garden. However, to reach that peak of perfection, ...

The cost of everything from gas to burgers may be rising, but home gardeners growing produce have found a way at least to avoid paying $4 for a pound of tomatoes. Fertilizing those tomatoes — or ...