How much time and effort do you spend on your garden’s foundation? The soil is your plants’ nutrient source, and it can have a massive effect on your backyard crop haul. With this in mind, many ...

While the practice of no-till gardening is not new, information has traditionally centered on agricultural field crops. Now, home gardeners are catching on. “The concept of no-till has been around for ...

YAKIMA, Wash. -- It is hard to overemphasize the importance of good soil preparation. Clean up your garden spaces, remove winter debris, add, fluff and top off existing mulch and spade in compost to ...

Tilling has both benefits and drawbacks when it comes to your soil. So should you till or not when preparing and maintaining your garden? That decision depends on several factors, and no one answer ...

There are two vegetable gardens behind our house. The main one is tilled up every year with a tractor and laid out in 30-inch-wide beds. The smaller one has the same layout but is managed with a ...

Get ahead of weeds by tilling early, removing perennials by the root, and mulching well before planting to stop summer weeds before they sprout. Use methods like hand-pulling, hoeing, newspaper or ...

Thank you for all the positive comments we receive about these articles. I enjoy helping out, so I am glad to answer any questions to submit to my editors. Q. My gardening friends tell me not to till ...