Summer Compost Care: Keeping Your Pile Healthy

Summer is prime time for composting, but the heat can bring its own set of challenges. With a few simple tips, you can keep your compost working efficiently all summer long.

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Revitalizing Your Compost for a Bountiful Season

As the winter chill begins to loosen its grip and the first signs of spring emerge, it's time to breathe new life into your compost pile.

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Embracing Winter: Essential Tips for Winter Compost Care

As winter blankets the landscape in a glistening layer of snow, many aspects of our daily lives change to adapt to the colder temperatures. One often overlooked aspect is the care of our compost piles.

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Late Summer Compost Care

As we transition from the peak of summer to the approaching fall, it's crucial to pay special attention to your compost pile.

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Planting Fall Cover Crops

Creating healthy soil is a key concern for any gardener. Even in regions where the soil is rich, it can become depleted if not cared for properly. Sowing a cover crop will add vital nutrients and organic matter back into the soil, prevent soil erosion, help loosen compacted soils, and even help control weeds.

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Landscaping a Zoo

On this week's episode of Bob's LIVE, I talked about a recent trip I took to the Columbus Zoo during Cultivate21. It was a somewhat unique visit in that it was a guided tour by the Zoo's landscaping staff.

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Bountiful Tips

Harvest time is here, and now you realize you planted waaay too much. With tons of tomatoes, bushels of beans, and zillions of zucchinis, you might feel like there is more than you can use. Here are some ideas for getting the most out of the most you’ve ever grown.