Forget everything dull and dusty about gardening advice—this is where things get alive. Not metaphorically alive, but genuinely buzzing with microscopic energy that can flip tired soil into a thriving ...

Growers large and small are hosting garden tea parties; semi-floral attire, please. The proper hosts will serve a potent, dark brew: compost tea made not only from leaves but also from grass clippings ...

Compost tea, which has long been touted as a garden miracle worker, has yet to prove its worth to scientists. Rob Chase, a Nevada County Master Gardener, says there is plenty of anecdotal evidence of ...