Ever asked yourself "where does milk come from?" A few months ago, I purchased an American Devon/Jersey Cross milking cow named Reba MilkEntire and have been training her in the milking parlor. Having ...

As the growing season draws to a close and your garden beds are filled with dead plants, consider adding them to your compost pile to benefit your yard.

HALIFAX - Like many farmers, Nick Green trades and barters as a way to ensure his cattle have enough land to graze. Unlike many farmers, Green trades in manure.

Cow dung could help heat millions of UK homes and support tens of thousands of jobs, it is claimed. Cattle farming - and the greenhouse gas methane that the animals produce - has been blamed for ...

Ever felt like your compost pile just isn’t working as well as you hoped? Plenty of people dive in with good intentions, only to run into problems that slow things down or create unexpected headaches.

The loyal reader knows that compost is my go-to for almost everything. I use it for mulch and to put the soil food web back into soils. I am a compost nerd. The question: What to do in the winter when ...

Introduction: Organic amendments like manures, sludges, and composts have significant potential to enhance soil’s physical, chemical, and microbiological conditions, aiding in the restoration of soils ...

Composting toilets are a great idea, but no one likes to think of the waste just sitting there and slowly … fermenting. A new eco-friendly toilet gets around that problem by using mushrooms to ...

Lack of outdoor space shouldn’t stop you from composting. Here’s how to get started. Composting helps reduce methane emissions by turning food scraps and other waste into a nutrient-rich fertilizer ...