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 ...

If you’re wondering how to remove grass for a garden, no-till gardening is the best method. It’s easy, eco-friendly, affordable, and really works. That sounds like a bad infomercial, but it’s true.

Q: I read your article about not tilling. I don't have raised beds, though. Ground needs to be loose for root vegetables, right? How can I not till? I would LOVE not to buy a tiller! A: What leads ...

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 ...

Q: I've been reading that the traditional advice of tilling the vegetable garden every year is wrong. I'd be curious to get your opinion. A: I agree - the old advice is counter-productive. Regular ...

If you have ever eaten or made lasagna, you know it is made of multiple layers of alternating ingredients. It also tastes delicious. A lasagna garden — also called a no-till garden or sheet mulching — ...

Have you ever noticed that meadows and forests grow merrily without being tilled, amended or fertilized? Centuries ago, German gardeners did, and they began making garden beds the same way nature ...

Q: We have two raised garden beds in our backyard and I was looking for advice on how to best prep the soil for this year’s garden. Both garden boxes are approximately 8-feet-by-2-feet long and ...

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 ...

As we experience the ups and downs of late winter, it is tempting on those warm, sunny days to get out in the garden. That’s a great idea, as there is much to do. However, tilling is not one of them.