Discover the secrets to creating nutrient-rich chicken compost and learn how to use it effectively to plant garlic and more!

More than one-third of the food produced in the United States is never eaten, and all that wasted food is contributing to global warming. The competition in the composting space is heating up, with ...

This past spring, I set out to design and maintain a sustainable garden in my backyard—and a big part of that project has involved using chickens to fertilize my soil and help process my compost pile.

BLACKVILLE – Necessity was the mother of invention when it comes to Humble Acres Organics in Blackville, its owners say. Chicken farmer Tim McCormick and his son, Kevin, said they trusted in the Lord ...

Like cooking an egg, timing is everything with poultry manure, a Vermont master gardener warns this week. First-timers in the world of small-scale poultry might be tempted to shovel a week's worth of ...

A free workshop on how to compost chicken manure will run from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 30, in the Central Park Gardens near Third and B streets. A Yolo County Master Gardener will ...