Their specialty is converting sunlight into nonwoody tissues loaded with starch; that is, into vast fields of high-energy food—fields that grow 20 feet high. We think of forests as the places in ...
Backyard composting is an extension of processes that have gone on in nature since the origin of life. Without decomposition, the earth would soon be covered with dead animals and plants. With nothing ...
Yard wastes such as leaves, grass clippings, straw, and nonwoody plant clippings produce high-quality compost with relative ease. — Grass clippings need not be removed from the lawn. However ...