TORONTO, S.D. — A custom feedlot near the South Dakota-Minnesota border is fast becoming an innovator in turning bedded pack manure into a value-added soil additive — “humus compost.” Owners Chad and ...

Q: My neighbor recently told me that the secret to his lush lawn and thriving vegetable garden is humus. What is humus, what’s it made of, and where can I get it? A: The definition of humus explains ...

There is something mystical about gardening, an activity whose highest expression depends on turning death into life. If you really want to be good to your plants, if you want them to grow in ...

Dear Roger: I have added tremendous amounts of humus to my soil, but things don't seem to be growing right. I've put in horse manure, sawdust, kitchen compost, peat moss and rotted hay; I even ...

Brown compost materials are the carbon-rich backbone that lets your pile heat up, break down efficiently, and ultimately ...

THE importance of organic fertilizer in maintain-A ing the humus content of soils, which is essential for growing crops in a healthy condition, is now widely recognized. Many definitions of the nature ...

A NSW beef producer claims there is a direct link between soil humus and water levels in our rivers. Glen Morris runs cattle on properties near Inverell and Grafton in northern NSW and says you can't ...

Early civilizations in Greece, Rome and Israel recognized crops grew better when soil was supplemented with animal blood or manure. Soil fertility is naturally regenerated by the decay and ...

Here the whole ground around a rose bush is mulched with compost. At this point the compost is also watered down well. It helps to get the fertilizer, which is underneath the compost, quicker into the ...