A thriving garden starts with good soil, and the best way to keep it healthy is with homemade organic fertilizers. Store-bought ones can be expensive and full of chemicals, but the good news is that ...

Hands peeling cucumbers with a knife. Peels in background on a cutting board - Halfpoint/Shutterstock If you are peeling cucumbers for a snack, don't toss those scraps just yet. Cucumber peels can be ...

Make these DIY fertilizers from a few inexpensive or free ingredients you may already have around. Skip the store-bought fertilizers and start turning a few ingredients you probably already have into ...

Your two red garden gems, tomatoes and strawberries, love a healthy dose of care, and gardening writer Rosslyn Kemerer has a simple way to give it to them. She calls it liquid gold, a homemade mix ...

The outlook for fertilizer costs versus commodity prices for next season is a tough one for farmers across the country. With that fact in mind, we have compiled 26 nutrient recommendations, tips, ...