John-Paul Maxfield aims to put nutrients from food waste back into the soil

Waste Farmers collects organic waste and creates organic agricultural products like fertilizer, potting soil, biochar, and compost tea.

Margaret Lauterbach: Clippings fuel fertile ‘hugel’ mounds

By the middle of this month, we should be past the probability of extremely cold weather, so it should be safe to perform dormant pruning. Pruning before severe freezes occur may result in tissue damage that could kill your tree, shrub or plant.

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Is there a better expression of frugality than a good compost heap?

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On his parents’ farm on Signal Mountain, Ryan Walden does something no other farmers in this area do - grow mushrooms. He has a specialty called the “Blue Oyster Mushroom” and he grows “Shitake” as well.

Free mulch available at Zilker Park

AUSTIN -- Free mulch from recycled Christmas trees is available at Zilker Park. The Austin Parks and Recreation Department and Austin Resource Recovery Department say the mulch is available on a first-come, first-served basis starting Tuesday at 2 p.m. You can pick up mulch in the polo field of Zilker Park until it is all gone. Officials say the mulch is for private use only. You should bring ...