A science reporter's experiment with black soldier fly larvae is going well so far. Will the home-built system become ...

Sustainable manure treatment means managing manure so that it becomes safe, predictable, and beneficial once applied to soil.

Chicken manure, often called "black gold," provides one of the most nutrient-rich boosts for your soil. Different types of chicken manure exist, with variations in quality and composition. You can ...

As we begin our spring garden season, I want to share information over the next few columns on soil amendments. Soil ...

Chicken manure, the scourge of the Chesapeake Bay, has suddenly become the toast of African-violet growers and landscapers. Baked into pellets and marketed as commercial-grade fertilizer -- with names ...

In one end of the long green warehouse come heaps of powdery, malodorous chicken manure. Out the other goes garden-ready fertilizer sold to golf courses or companies like Scotts, which bag it and ...