"There's something really empowering about walking outside and knowing your garden is working with you." ...

Many gardeners believe they should pull comfrey and nettles, but that's a mistake - Unsplash What looks like a garden nuisance often hides a powerhouse of nutrition waiting to transform tired soil ...

Comfrey is a celebrity plant among homesteaders for its healing properties, its composting acceleration, its soil-building abilities, and its use as livestock fodder. We were lucky enough to find two ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. making compost in a compost bin If you like to keep things as organic as possible in the garden, making your own fertilizer is an ...

Instead of store-bought fertilizer, you can make your own easily. Using water and this nutrient-packed plant, you'll give ...

This spring I was hauling five gallon buckets of fertilizer down the Buckhorn Mountain when a skunk ran out in front of me. I hit the brakes hard rather than hit the skunk, the guardrail or a tree.

Henry Doubleday (1813-1902), a Quaker, brought Russian comfrey to England. He believed that comfrey would help prevent worldwide famine, so his last 30 years were spent in research. He could never ...

A FEW months ago a woman brought a collection of herbs to me for identification, some of which I knew and one of which I couldn't be sure. The leaves looked and smelled a little like one of the mints ...

With perfect timing for these cash- and climate- conscious times, this week Faber has hauled from its archives a classic of thrifty, environmentally-conscious gardening - Comfrey: Past, Present And ...