Even after all her work, Elizabeth only has about 5 inches of decent material with a super-hard layer beneath. No-till gardening is the hottest thing since faux wood panels on station wagons. It ...

No-till gardening: Gardeners are divided over the need to till. Tilling — mixing in soil amendments and loosening the ground with a garden fork or a rototiller — is an established method for starting ...

I had heard of no-till farming, but did you know about no-till gardening? According to this piece from the Christian Science Monitor, the same concepts of organic no-till farming can be applied on a ...

What’s your gardening style? The way we garden can determine whether we are increasing or decreasing greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide. Carbon has been on my mind lately following the release of ...

In the wild areas on our planet, trees, bushes and grasses grow on ground that has continual additions of new layers of dead and dying plant matter. Leaves fall from trees and shrubs, grasses dry in ...

“Be ye not afraid of doing something your venerable ancestors did, for the benefits to your aching back may be many” (Author anonymous) We all know that gardening involves a lot of hard work: hoeing, ...

Many gardeners are frustrated when their hard work does not pay off. The good news is that it probably is not their fault. The hardpan, clay and sandy soils of the maritime Northwest can challenge ...

Can a no-till garden really grow healthier plants with less effort? In this video, we put the no-till gardening method to the test and take a closer look at how it stacks up against traditional ...

No-till growing involves adding layers of plant and animal matter to surface soils rather than plowing, shaping and otherwise disturbing them. No-dig methods reduce runoff and evaporation losses, ...

Here are some of the important things to keep in mind when thinking about starting a no-dig/no-till approach. Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, ...

In the wild areas on our planet, trees, bushes, and grasses grow on ground that has continual additions of new layers of dead and dying plant matter. Leaves fall from trees and shrubs, grasses dry in ...