More people are turning everyday waste into growing spaces by using recycled containers for home vegetable gardening, and it ...

Instead of throwing your empty tubs of moisturizer away, repurpose them for DIY recycled plant pots. Here's how to make one. Throwing away old moisturizer tubs can feel like a total waste. They’re ...

Recycling plastic plant pots may not be as easy as tossing them in a blue bin. Learn the best spot to take old containers so ...

To me, taking out the trash often means taking items out of the trash that will come in handy in the garden later.

If those old plastic pots are piling up in your garden shed, bundle them into your car. There's a place in most towns and ...

Here are some ideas if you're looking for inexpensive containers for seedlings or for a grouping on your patio. How about using milk cartons or buckets? Don't forget the drainage holes. Also: baskets ...

Gardening is supposed to be a healthful hobby, one that brings us in to close connection with the natural world. As we nourish our plants and soil, we are in turn renewed and refreshed by this benign ...

Summer means getting gardens in shape and buying plants to add color or greenery to the yard. But it also means being left with all those plastic containers that the plants come in, which typically ...

Q: I have a gadget that separates the K-cup from its top and coffee easily. I compost the coffee and toss the top (mixed materials), but can I recycle the bottom? Is size a problem? — T.C. A: I’m ...