I noticed this sign at City Market, advertising bags of composted cow manure. Thing is, the placard’s headline reads “Fresh food. Low prices.” While $1.89 is a low price, I’m fairly sure that anything ...

SCOTLAND (KFDX/KJTL) — Down along Highway 281 in Scotland, Texas, lies another dairy farm where the owners of Texas Natural Ag Resources have a very unique process to create their compost for anyone ...

MANHEIM, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In another effort to promote recycling and sustainable local agriculture, the eco-friendly Kreider Farms introduces a unique chicken and cow manure blend for use in ...

While at a meeting at the Ashland Public Library a few years ago I had a question from one of my readers and they asked me if they should use old farm yard soil in their vegetable garden. A few years ...

Of all the tools, sprays, apps, and assorted growing accessories that gardeners use to grow a decent plant, the best predictor of garden success is arguably the compost pile. Show me a yard with a ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. The use of cow dung as fertilizer is as common today as it was in the 1900’s. And it ...

DEAR JOHN: Horse manure and cow manure are similar in nitrogen content when fresh, but when dried, or “aged,” horse manure is richer, so the first thing to consider when deciding between them is the ...

What do athletic fields at Hempfield schools, abandoned strip mines in Northumberland County and first-of-its-kind groundwater recharge landscaping at a Lititz housing development all have in common?

Tall, healthy tomato plants growing in a greeenhouse - NataliaL/Shutterstock Composted bison manure is likely not the first fertilizer to pop into your mind for tomato growth, but it just may offer ...

The use of cow dung as fertilizer is as common today as it was in the 1900’s. And it seems to have made a debut in recent months, perhaps due to the huge surge in fertilizer prices. But if there is ...