Not every dead twig, leaf or frond needs to go into your compost bin or yard-waste cart. There are creative ways to use spent plant material within the garden. We prune roses, prune apple trees, prune ...

Gardeners often end up with a pile of brush after summer (or winter) pruning and then haul it away to the clean-green dump, cut it up in pieces no longer than 4 feet for neighborhood yard-waste ...

Staff at the Pitkin County Landfill will try installing an electric fence around the facility’s composting area to keep hungry bears away, after the Pitkin County commissioners voiced support for that ...